Aviation is on the cusp of a paradigm shift ...

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 15:39:30 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
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Larry Dighera wrote:

So why did the FAA permit Meigs Field to be closed if KORD is so busy,
and the future is for more congestion?

The FAA has no say over what someone does with their own property.

It is my understanding that federal AIP funds had been used at Meigs
within 20 years of its closing, and that a condition of receipt of
those funds by the city is the continued operation of the airport for
20 hears hence. So when AIP funds have been spent it is supposed to
effectively insure the continued operation of the airport for 20
years, thus the FAA does have the option of demanding the refund of
the funds if not outright instance that the terms of the contract be
fully enforced keeping it in operation for 20 years.