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Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU) (radio communications: "Chicago Center") is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. [1] It is located at 619 W. New Indian Trail Rd., Aurora, Illinois. [2]
The 2014 Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center fire was an incident in the United States involving arson [1] at an air traffic control facility in Aurora, Illinois [2] (also known as "Chicago Center"); [3] the incident caused close to 2,000 airline flights to be grounded. [4]
By the mid-1970s, the agency had achieved a semi-automated air traffic control system using both radar and computer technology. This system required enhancement to keep pace with air traffic growth, however, especially after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 phased out the CAB's economic regulation of the airlines.
Nats chief has taken ‘no action’ to resolve air-traffic control staff shortages, Ryanair said Gatwick flights cancelled - latest: Calls for air traffic control chief to quit as Covid ...
Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling. [1] [2]
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DuPage Airport sits on 1,200 acres (490 ha), and is the only general aviation airport in Illinois with four active runways, two ILS approaches, a 24-hour FAA air traffic control tower, and over 40 aviation and non-aviation support businesses. DPA also has an on-site U.S. Customs Office. A total of 110 employees are associated with the airport.
The following summer, on July 11, 1929, a larger crowd (est 10,000) gathered at the airfield for the Central Illinois Air Derby which was billed at the time as the greatest such event in Illinois outside of Chicago. In 1931, Century Air Lines added Bloomington to its Chicago-to-St. Louis route.