COMPATIBILE WITH SIM UPDATE 14  (as of Jan 2024)

-fixed BGL filename so as not to cause CTD with other chicago area scenery packages such as Dzerzwiecki Chicago etc

-Increased FPS, added details around Parking and Ramps to add to realism .

-Fixed errors in taxiway directions from ATC

Chicago Midway airport is the second largest airport serving the Chicago area, in the state of illinois, USA. Originally named Chicago Air Park, it was originally built in 1923. In July 1949, the airport was renamed after the battle of Midway. Midway airport covers one square mile ( one whole city block) and has five runways.

Midway is tightly surrounded by buildings and other mainly residential development, so the landing thresholds of the runways are displaced to provide obstacle clearance.  Because of the displaced landing thresholds, the runways have shorter distances available for landings than for takeoffs. 

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Default MSFS 2020 only showed this as a very drab, generic airport, even though this is the second busiest airport in Chicago, and is great fun to fly out of and land into, because it is locked into residential areas on all 4 sides. It requires a precision approach, and also approach from the east or northeast  can take you over the city of Chicago's beautiful downtown. 
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Main features : 
1. Properly named and numbered Terminals and Gates. 
2. Hand created aprons / taxiways, runway textures, with textures specially matched to actual photographs of the airport. new , properly scaled control tower and also, the boundary wall around the airport has been added in. 
3. The roads around the airport and the city blocks have also added , moving buses and cars, and lighting to re-create what it feels like to come in to land and to take off from this airport , locked in between dense city blocks. 
4. New night lighting for all terminal amd apron buildings; atmospheric and true to real life. 
5. Added accurate night lighting for taxiway edges and paths / centerlines . 
6. All taxiways have their original names, as in real life. 
7. All the buildings , parking areas that are a part of the airport or around the periphery are recreated with incredible, time-staking detail, with working street lamps, parking areas, parking gates, airport vehicles, airport service roads, trees, cars, boundary fences/ walls/ gates. 
8. AIRPORT RUNWAY DIAGRAM for KMDW included, so you can Taxi around the airport more easily. 
9.  Incredibly small file size, since this uses all stock, default  SDK library objects for the redesign of KMDW.  (No new 3d objects that take up precious HDD space) 
11. Works perfectly in VR. 
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INSTALLATION : 
Drop the 'CHICAGO-MIDWAY' folder (found inside the ZIP folder) into your MSFS2020 Community folder. Thats it! 

I spent a huge number of days and weeks on perfecting this airport as much as i could, to the quality level of the bigger studios ; and if you like it, i would greatly appreciate you donating $9 to my paypal account. If you feel that is too much, any amount will be much appreciated:

paypal link (to copy and paste) : 
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/settings?flow=cmV0dXJuVXJsPS9teWFjY291bnQvdHJhbnNmZXIvaG9tZXBhZ2UvcmVxdWVzdCZjYW5jZWxVcmw9L215YWNjb3VudC90cmFuc2Zlci9ob21lcGFnZS9yZXF1ZXN0

Thank you !
Adnan Arif / ARIF STUDIOS
kingnothing75@gmail.com

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Chicago Midway Airport (KMDW) - USA

Chicago Midway Airport (KMDW) add-on brings enhanced realism and performance improvements to the second largest airport in Chicago. With fixed taxiway errors and increased detail on parking and ramps, experience a more accurate rendition of this historical airport. Enjoy hand-crafted aprons, runway textures, and city blocks, complete with moving vehicles and realistic night lighting for a true-to-life flight experience. Dont miss out on this meticulously detailed add-on compatible with Sim Update 14.

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