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Flyingnut

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O'Hare airport runway shortened overnight
« on: May 19, 2009, 01:15:23 am »
No, Mayor Daley didn't take bulldozers to KORD like he did to KCGX.  Rwy 10-28 was shortened by 4000' by a new paint job.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-mon-ohare-paint-0518may18,0,2677869.story
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Re: O'Hare airport runway shortened overnight
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2009, 08:31:47 pm »
No, Mayor Daley didn't take bulldozers to KORD like he did to KCGX.  Rwy 10-28 was shortened by 4000' by a new paint job.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-mon-ohare-paint-0518may18,0,2677869.story

Unfortunately we can't directly blame King Daley for this one. This one was done per NOTAM:

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05/317 (A2522/09) - RWY 10 ASDA/LDA 8881 TODA/TORA 9281. WIE UNTIL 01 OCT 11:01 2009. CREATED: 15
MAY 21:31 2009

05/316 (A2523/09) - RWY 28 TODA/TORA/ASDA/LDA 9281. WIE UNTIL 01 OCT 11:01 2009. CREATED: 15 MAY
21:30 2009

05/315 (A2473/09) - RWY 10/28 E 3719 CLSD. WIE UNTIL 01 OCT 11:00 2009. CREATED: 15 MAY 21:30 2009

So it appears to be only temporary; perhaps repaving of the runway, like what happened at KLAS over the past 8 months?

BL.