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Designed to be the successor to Chicago's [[Midway International Airport]], itself once nicknamed the "busiest square mile in the world," O'Hare began as an airfield serving a [[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]] manufacturing plant for [[C-54]] military transports during [[World War II]]. It was renamed Orchard Field Airport in the mid-1940s and assigned the IATA code '''ORD'''. In 1949, it was renamed after aviator [[Edward O'Hare|Edward "Butch" O'Hare]], the U.S. Navy's first [[Medal of Honor]] recipient during that war.<ref name="airways1">{{cite web|last1=Petchmo|first1=Ian|title=The Fascinating History Chicago's O'Hare International Airport: 1920–1960|url=https://airwaysmag.com/uncategorized/chicago-ohare-history/|website=airwaysmag.com|publisher=Airways International Inc.|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021841/https://airwaysmag.com/uncategorized/chicago-ohare-history/|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=O'Hare History|url=https://www.flychicago.com/business/CDA/Pages/OHare.aspx#:~:text=1949:%20Chicago%20City%20Council%20renames,of%20Honor%20recipient%20from%20Chicago. |access-date=July 18, 2022 |publisher=Chicago Department of Transportation|location=Chicago}}</ref> As the first major airport planned after World War II, O'Hare's innovative design pioneered concepts such as concourses, direct highway access to the terminal, [[jet bridges]], and underground refueling systems.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burley|first1=Paul|title=Ralph H. Burke: Early Innovator of Chicago O'Hare International Airport|url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/transportation/collection/o-hare-at-50/research-materials/ralph-h-burke.html|department=O'Hare@50|website=Northwestern University Libraries|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081838/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/transportation/collection/o-hare-at-50/research-materials/ralph-h-burke.html|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
O'Hare became famous during the jet age, holding the distinction as the [[world's busiest airports by passenger traffic|world's busiest airport by passenger traffic]] from 1963 to 1998. It still ranks as one the busiest airports in the world, according to the [[Airports Council International]] rankings.<ref>{{Cite news|last= |date=April 11, 2022 |title=O'Hare Ranks as World's Fourth-Busiest Airport, According to New Report |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ohare-ranks-as-worlds-fourth-busiest-airport-according-to-new-report/2804457/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |work=[[NBC News]]|location=Chicago|publisher=[[NBC Owned Television Stations]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Josephs |first=Leslie |date=2024-04-15 |title=World's busiest airports show surge in international travel. Here are the rankings |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/worlds-busiest-airport-rankings-2023.html |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, O'Hare had 919,704 aircraft movements, averaging 2,520 per day, the most of any airport in the world in part because of a large number of regional flights.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hetter |first1=Katia |title=This is the world's busiest airport |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-busiest-airports-2018/index.html |work=[[CNN Travel]] |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]|location=Atlanta |access-date=November 26, 2019 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119032907/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-busiest-airports-2018/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On the ground, road access to the airport is offered by airport shuttle, bus, the [[Chicago "L"]], or taxis. [[Interstate 190 (Illinois)|Interstate 190]] ([[Kennedy Expressway]]) goes directly into the airport. O'Hare is a [[Airline hub|hub]] for [[American Airlines]] and [[United Airlines]] (which is headquartered in [[Willis Tower]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/|title=The fleet and hubs of United Airlines, by the numbers|last=Mutzbaugh|first=Ben|location=Washington|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212041159/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/26/fleet-and-hubs-united-airlines-numbers/96983530/|archive-date=February 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=ORD|title=Chicago, IL: O'Hare (ORD)|location=Washington|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|access-date=September 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081008/http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=ORD|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as an operating base for [[
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