The O'Hare Modernization Program

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About the Pilot Awareness Campaign

The Chicago Department of Aviation and the O'Hare Modernization Program have developed a pilot awareness campaign to raise awareness of O'Hare International Airport's airfield changes among all key stakeholders.

How You Can Help

There are many ways in which you can help us educate stakeholders about O'Hare's runway re-designation program. Help us distribute these materials broadly throughout your organization, possibly by:
• Placing posters in employee break rooms and pilot lounges
• Attaching fliers to paychecks and posting them on bulletin boards
• Distributing brochures in staff meetings
• Posting information on Web sites
• Blast-faxing or e-mailing information to employees, colleagues and friends
• Bookmarking this Web page, linking to this Web page or e-mailing the Web address to a friend

About the Existing Plan

Currently, O’Hare has two east-west runways. Upon the opening of new Runway 9L-27R, O’Hare will have three east-west runways. More parallel runways, on the north and south airfields, will be constructed over the next few years.

By the end of 2011, the Airport will have four parallel east-west runways, two on the north side of the main terminal core area and two on the south. In the future, all runways north of the terminal will be referred to as 9-27 Runways and all runways south of the terminal will be 10-28 Runways. The two north side runways will be named 9L-27R and 9R-27L, and the south side runways will be named 10L-28R and 10R-28L.