Originally Posted by jondc9
... perhaps Chicago should have built ORD (orchard field) with the condition that MDW be non air carrier only...
j
With the beginnings of jet ops, MDW was phased out of sked ops in the early 60's. I rode a Lake Central DC-3 out of ORD in 1964 (with Stan Getz across the aisle); Before that, MDW was used by LCA, NCA, Ozark etc.
After deregulation, several carriers started moving back into MDW.