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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
I wonder what the minimums are for airport proximitty to downtown for the FAA to not care.
At 15 miles out, ORD is definitely far out enough (and its runways don't line up at all with downtown anyway), but MDW is only 8 miles out and its runway 4R/22L is PERFECTLY ALIGNED with the 961' tall 311 S wacker. Apparently 8 miles is enough distance, but I wonder what the minimum would be.
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Miami International is only ~4 to 5 miles out from downtown and the E/W runways are directly aligned with 500+ skyscrapers. Thats why anything over ~650 feet has always been a hassle with the faa.
The area between I-195 and the MacAurthur Cswy has been booming with new towers.
(the area marked "Edgewater" on this map is a wall of towers now)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mi...!4d-80.2870457