I have fond memories of MDW, as I worked there in the late 1960s for TW. Not many flights back then, but several airlines [NW, TW, DL, AA, NE, UA]. Fred Harvey offered limited meal and bar service for airline staff and passengers.
4R/22L leads directly over downtown Chicago. Perhaps the pilots were concerned about the aircraft weight preventing them from attaining Minimum Sector Altitude (MSA) for obstacle clearance. I'm just guessing.
seeing Allegiant and Frontier expand at MDW in recent years has been odd...just weird to hear new callsigns somewhat frequently in the mix. I've also heard rumors Delta might bring A320s to MDW regularly soon too...
Hard to tell from that camera angle but it looked like the leading edge slats went to full extend, which would indicate a flaps 25 T/O. SWA's PWB system tends to drive flaps 25 on shorter runways for the increased stopping margin in the event of a reject, assuming no restrictive climb gradients.
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there's something so enchanting about these foggy early mornings. nice video.
so true😁
I have fond memories of MDW, as I worked there in the late 1960s for TW. Not many flights back then, but several airlines [NW, TW, DL, AA, NE, UA]. Fred Harvey offered limited meal and bar service for airline staff and passengers.
amazing! thanks for watching. MDW is a wonderful airport to have in Chicago
Very cool pushback and takeoff on a foggy morning
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Awesome video I like and Subbed!
appreciate it glad you enjoyed
Great video. Nice detail.
thanks for watching!
Wait how can you hear ramp and the flight deck talking that’s cool and ATC. That’s dope
LiveATC.net has ATC communications for many airports in the U.S. (and around the world). I downloaded an archived file and edited it over the video.
love the video, i live 15 mins from mdw and i plane spot here a lot
good stuff. thanks for watching
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thanks for watching!
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Runway 4R/22L is actually shorter than Runway 31C, so don’t know how that would help those pilots who claimed to be too heavy for takeoff.
4R/22L leads directly over downtown Chicago. Perhaps the pilots were concerned about the aircraft weight preventing them from attaining Minimum Sector Altitude (MSA) for obstacle clearance.
I'm just guessing.
There’s no airport I associate more with a single aircraft than mdw and the 737
seeing Allegiant and Frontier expand at MDW in recent years has been odd...just weird to hear new callsigns somewhat frequently in the mix. I've also heard rumors Delta might bring A320s to MDW regularly soon too...
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Tha is a lot of flaps !
flaps 15 setting for takeoff!
Hard to tell from that camera angle but it looked like the leading edge slats went to full extend, which would indicate a flaps 25 T/O. SWA's PWB system tends to drive flaps 25 on shorter runways for the increased stopping margin in the event of a reject, assuming no restrictive climb gradients.
Where is this flight going?
Denver
How did you get atc audio?
LiveATC.net
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