O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is an airport in Chicago, Illinois. It is a hub to American Airlines and United Airlines. Its IATA airport code is ORD, its ICAO airport code is KORD.
O'Hare is one of two airports considered to be the world's busiest, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the other.
The world's busiest airport in terms of international traffic is actually London's Heathrow International Airport. Both O'Hare and Hartfield handle mostly passengers within the United States and Canada.
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History
The airport was originally named Orchard Field, but it was renamed in 1949 after Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, a World War II flying ace.
If Project Bojinka had not been discovered after a fire in Manila, Philippines, one aircraft owned by Northwest Airlines flying to this airport would have blown up over the Pacific Ocean on January 21, 1995 as part of the project's first phase.
On May 8, 2002, alleged Al-Qaida terrorist Jose Padilla was arrested after his plane landed at the airport for allegedly plotting to plant a dirty bomb as an act of terrorism.
O' Hare International has four terminals.
Terminal 1
Terminal 2
Terminal 3
International Terminal 5
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