KORD – Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Chicago, United States · 41.979°N 87.905°W · elevation 679 ft

Control the traffic at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in radar-sim , a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 04L/22R, 04R/22L, 09C/27C, 09L/27R, 09R/27L, 10C/28C, 10L/28R and 10R/28L, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.

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Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	True heading
04L/22R	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	46 m	asphalt	039° / 219°
04R/22L	2,461 m (8,074 ft)	46 m	asphalt	041° / 221°
09C/27C	3,427 m (11,243 ft)	61 m	concrete	090° / 270°
09L/27R	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	46 m	asphalt	090° / 270°
09R/27L	3,432 m (11,260 ft)	46 m	asphalt	090° / 270°
10C/28C	3,292 m (10,801 ft)	61 m	concrete	090° / 270°
10L/28R	3,962 m (12,999 ft)	46 m	concrete	090° / 270°
10R/28L	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	46 m	concrete	090° / 270°

The airport has 8 runways. The parallels 04L/22R and 04R/22L are far enough apart for independent parallel approaches (ICAO requires 1035 m between the centrelines): aircraft established on both finals are not subject to the radar minima against each other. The parallel runways 09C/27C, 09L/27R, 09R/27L, 10C/28C, 10L/28R and 10R/28L: 09C/27C – 09R/27L (492 m) and 10C/28C – 10L/28R (373 m) lie closer than 760 m and are worked as one runway, arrivals to both ends separated like on a single final; 10C/28C – 10R/28L (943 m) allows segregated operations only (760–1035 m): approaches on one and departures or missed approaches on the other, but no simultaneous approaches; the other combinations are far enough apart (1035 m) for independent parallel approaches. 04L/22R – 09C/27C and 04L/22R – 09R/27L cross each other: a departure on one and an arrival on short final to the other block each other. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 10L/28R with 3,962 m) on low, two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.

Airspace

The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 3,000 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.

Approach	Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from KORD)
RWY 04L	`SOAGE` (222° / 12 NM)
RWY 04R	`MOOZA` (216° / 13 NM)
RWY 09C	`NAEBE` (273° / 13 NM)
RWY 09L	`ANMOM` (276° / 13 NM)
RWY 09R	`RUARU` (271° / 13 NM)
RWY 10C	`IPAPO` (267° / 13 NM)
RWY 10L	`MEBZO` (267° / 13 NM)
RWY 10R	`MEMAV` (264° / 13 NM)
RWY 22L	`EDARO` (047° / 12 NM)
RWY 22R	`DUIGI` (038° / 13 NM)
RWY 27C	`MOIBE` (087° / 13 NM)
RWY 27L	`BUTVA` (089° / 13 NM)
RWY 27R	`SUMVO` (083° / 12 NM)
RWY 28C	`PAESU` (094° / 13 NM)
RWY 28L	`BOETA` (096° / 12 NM)
RWY 28R	`TEMOG` (092° / 13 NM)

Entry fixes: DEKZE (273° / 25 NM), DUASE (157° / 32 NM), EDLOD (332° / 35 NM), LOUSA (025° / 31 NM), OTRUN (082° / 29 NM), RUBOZ (227° / 34 NM).

Nearby airports

Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.

KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport – 13 NM, bearing 150°
KDPA Dupage Airport – 16 NM, bearing 255°
KGYY Gary/Chicago International Airport – 31 NM, bearing 135°
KENW Kenosha Regional Airport – 37 NM, bearing 358°
KVPZ Porter County Municipal Airport – 51 NM, bearing 128°
KMGC Michigan City Municipal Airport – 51 NM, bearing 109°
KIKK Greater Kankakee Airport – 55 NM, bearing 177°
KRFD Chicago Rockford International Airport – 55 NM, bearing 284°

…and 2 more within 80 NM.

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