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O’Hare among five U.S. airports to beef up screening for Ebola

August 22, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

Stepping up efforts to stop the Ebola epidemic from spreading widely in the United States, federal authorities and officials in Chicago on Wednesday announced preventive measures that will include more...

A rider enters the Blue Line station at O'Hare International Airport.

Aldermen seek O’Hare express train to Union Station, McCormick Place

June 17, 2018 at 6:33 a.m.

Five aldermen well-versed in Chicago's transportation issues on Wednesday called for yet another study to examine the feasibility and cost of launching high-quality airport express train service for O'Hare International...

Workers stand outside the radar facility in Aurora on Sept. 26, 2014, after a contract worker allegedly cut radio and data communications cables and set other equipment on fire.

FAA: Monday reopening of Aurora air traffic control center on schedule

June 17, 2018 at 6:34 a.m.

Work to reopen a vital air traffic center in Aurora next Monday is proceeding on schedule, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plan calls for transferring air traffic services...

Car ‘infotainment’ systems ranked by distraction level in study

June 18, 2018 at 8:01 a.m.

Vehicle voice-activated "infotainment'' systems that are complicated or just take longer to navigate create the highest levels of driver distraction and safety risks, according to a new study that ranked...

Delays at O’Hare, Midway after Indianapolis FAA outage

May 21, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

Airline delays surged during the Monday evening rush at both Chicago airports due to a telephone outage at an Indianapolis air-traffic control facility that is handling flights normally managed by...

O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission Chairman Arlene Mulder, center, and Joseph Annunzio, right, chairman of the technical committee at Friday's commission meeting in Rosemont.

More O’Hare noise complaints in August than all of 2013

June 18, 2018 at 8:00 a.m.

Complaints about jet noise from O'Hare International Airport totaled 30,249 in August, setting another new monthly record, the Chicago Department of Aviation reported Friday. The tally raises the number of...

FAA Chief: No quick solutions after radar facility fire

May 11, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

The leader of the nation's civilian aviation system offered no quick solutions Friday to averting the kind of air-travel chaos that has occurred after an insider attack against an air-traffic...

Rain helps pour on cancellations at airports

May 11, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

The mere threat of stormy weather led airlines to take the unusual step of canceling about 850 Chicago flights Thursday, a decision that could easily occur again as the nation's...

Chicago Midway International Airport is largely empty of travelers after Southwest Airlines canceled all outgoing flights in the morning due to severe weather concerns.

Weather forecast prompts airlines to cancel nearly 800 flights at O’Hare, Midway

May 21, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

The threat of storms was enough for airlines to cancel nearly 800 flights at Chicago's airports Thursday, as last week's fire at the Aurora radar center continues to disrupt air...

Police and FBI investigate a GMC vehicle in the parking lot of the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora on Sept. 26, 2014, after an early morning fire that allegedly was started deliberately by a man inside the facility.

Despite cancellations, O’Hare leads in flights

June 17, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

Four days after a fire knocked a critical air-traffic facility in Aurora offline, O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday edged past the busiest U.S. airport in terms of total flights, according...

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