Clay I left there pre 9-11 but there was a vast amount of opposition to expanding ORD. There was a strong contingent that wanted to build the airport out in the boonies southwest of ORD. Peotone IIRC. Needless to say the Chicago politicians wanted no part of that. I really haven't followed it closely since then. The Airport Sponsor (City of Chicago) still has to prepare as though the airport was going to stay at it's present location. The FAA funds Airport Master Plans. Funding once approved is use it or lose it. No guarantee it will remain in it's present location. Look at Denver, Washington and Dallas as examples. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Wardlow" <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: ORD reconfig I found something that kinda shows what I'm wondering about. http://modernization.ohare.com/ The PDF is a map of what they are wanting to do. What major airports have done something like this? What major airports have proposed changes like this? BTW - Whatever happened to this O'Hare plan? Has it gone by the way-side post 9/11? Clay -----Original Message----- From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:54 AM To: The Airline List; Clay Wardlow Subject: Re: ORD reconfig Clay I'll go see if I can find any of my charts from the 60-70's. It may take awhile. The new Denver Airport is about the only one I can think of that may not have been expanded. The advent of the jet era made most major airports reconfigure/expand. Runway lengths' had to be extended in most instances considerably. Second World War era airports were mostly a diamond configuration. First expansion was to normally lengthen one of the three runways. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Wardlow" <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: Re: ORD reconfig Every major airport? LAX? DFW? IAD? LGA? ATL? Is there a place I could go to see the difference between then and now? Clay - SEA -----Original Message----- From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: Re: ORD reconfig Almost every major airport Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Wardlow" <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:13 PM Subject: ORD reconfig Has ORD been reconfigured from what it originally designed and built? I think I remember seeing an old picture that had a different runway config. What other airports have been reconfigured? Clay - SEA