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AUTHOR Walker Jaroch
AIRFIELD:
A NEW RUNWAY TAKES OFF
IN CHICAGO
The O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP) was initiated
by the city of Chicago and the Chicago Department of
Aviation in 2002 - and for the past 16 years, Chicago O'Hare
International Airport (ORD) has seen continuous work.
" Here at O'Hare, we have been in continuous airfield
construction for 16 years, and therefore, we've developed
expertise on what is needed. It takes coming together with
our partners at the FAA and the airlines to deliver on these
critical projects, " said Jamie Rhee, commissioner, Chicago
Department of Aviation (CDA).
New runways were delivered in 2008, 2013 and 2015, with
the penultimate piece - Runway 9C-27C - delivered Nov. 5.
Runway 9C-27C is the last new runway in the OMP, which
has aimed to reduce delays and increase runway capacity.
" The OMP reconfigured our old antiquated intersectional
runway and into a more modern parallel approach for takeoff
f LOCATION: O'Hare International Airport
fPROJECT: Runway 9C-27C and Associated
Taxiways
fCOST: Part of a 2016 $1.27 billion investment
fCOMPLETION: November 2020
fKEY PARTICIPANTS: DMJM Aviation Partners,
HNTB Corporation, WSP USA, F.H. Paschen
and Walsh Construction
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and landing. It also removed the need for taxing aircraft across
active runways, so we were able to basically reduce the amount
of traffic that would be going across an active runway at any
given time because we now have the parallels, " said Rhee.
Robert Hoxie, chief development officer at CDA, noted
the project gives ORD the ability for simultaneous approaches
for four parallel arrivals - the first airport with the capability
to do so in the U.S.
" We don't yet have the demand and a compacted 15- or
30-minute period for four simultaneous approaches, but forecast
demand is expected to grow and the airfield is now positioned
well to handle increased traffic volumes, " added Hoxie.
The runway project has also paved the way for additional
terminal building projects at the airport that have been moving
ahead throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The slow down
caused by the pandemic allowed ORD to re-phase work and
shift focus. Currently, ORD's Terminal 5 is having 10 new
gates added to it.
" We were able to sort of re-phase some of our projects to
take advantage of having less activity at Terminal 5, which
historically has been our international terminal, but does serve
domestic as well, " Rhee said, adding that on Feb. 14, 2020,
ORD welcomed Southwest Airlines for the first time in its
history.
Runway 9C-27C goes through some of the airport's oldest
sections - ORD's history dates back to World War II - and the
project went through the original airline maintenance facilities
that were built when ORD's became a major passenger airport.
PHOTO COURTESY HNTB

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