First off, I live near ORD and am all for expanding it. It's such an economic engine for the area and planes aren't nearly as noisy as they were many years ago. Granted, Mayor Daley's main beef about Peotone is that he wouldn't control it but Peotone has other more pressing problems. First, the residents of Peotone don't want it (again, NIMBY) plus Peotone is supposed to be pretty good farm land with family farms that have been around for generations. The only people in that area that seem to want Peotone are the politicians for creating jobs in that area of IL and getting to line their own pockets as well. Second, the airlines (particularly UA, AA & WN) don't support Peotone. With no airlines wanting to commit to utilizing it, what would be the point? Lastly, being 40 miles outside of downtown Chicago, it would be extremely inconvenient to get to. ORD is about 15 miles away from downtown and MDW is about 6 or 7. If I'm not mistaken, even Gary's airport is closer than 40 miles. I think Gary would be a more logical choice for a regional 3rd airport but, of course, IL doesn't want that 'cause they don't want to share w/ IN. It'll be interesting to see how all this develops...

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- Anna