Meigs: The field of broken dreams
Editor's note: This article was updated April 4 with election results.
It appears that dreams of landing at one of the country’s most unique airstrips will remain just that—a dream. In a crowded mayoral race, wildcard candidate Willie Wilson, who backed reopening Meigs Field, didn’t garner enough votes to move forward in Chicago’s April 2 runoff.
Photo by Mike Fizer
Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot, whom Wilson endorsed, won the runoff to become Chicago’s next Mayor. Lightfoot’s campaign did not respond to AOPA’s request for comment about bringing back Meigs Field.
In any case, the city would be hard pressed to find a mayor who did more damage to general aviation pilots than then-Mayor Richard Daley in 2003, when under the cover of darkness he ordered crews to bulldoze Xs into the runway, preventing its use.
Amelia Walsh
Communications and Research Specialist
AOPA Comms and Research Specialist Amelia Walsh joined AOPA in 2017. Named after the famous aviatrix, she's a private pilot working on her instrument rating in a Colombia 350.
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