Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Expansion Gets Final Approval

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Expansion Gets Final Approval
A worker walks through a baggage claim area at a nearly-empty O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill., on April 2, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Bradley Martin
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Following the completion of a four-year environmental study, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a massive expansion of O’Hare International Airport that will include the construction of new terminals, gates, and hotels.

“Today’s news from the FAA gives us a clear path forward to start construction on the Terminal Area Plan which includes Satellite Concourses 1 and 2 and the O’Hare Global Terminal, the centerpieces of the capital improvement program we call O’Hare 21,” said Commissioner Jamie L. Rhea of the Chicago Department of Aviation, which owns and operates the airport.
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