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[edit] Ord, Nebraska?

This:

Ord, Nebraska is the Valley County seat town in central Nebraska. It has a population of about 2,400. The economy is almost entirely agri-related. It is named for Civil War era General Ord, for whom Fort Ord in California is also named. General Ord was the commander at a fort in Central Nebraska about the time the town of Ord was being formed.

Defnitely shouldn't be at the top of this page. It only makes a vague sense if someone gets here by linking from ORD as a redirect; to the vast majority of people who get here from other links, it will make no sense at all. Perhaps an Ord (disambiguation) page is in order? --Jfruh 21:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] PIA

Why does PIA say Manchester here which Manchester is a stopover and in Houston they don't mention Manchester which is also a stopover.

[edit] Good airport

For a huge airport, it seems to be relatively painless to use, easy to get around, and plenty of space and facilities. I'm rather critical of most airports, as my local airport, Shannon Airport, is one of the most relaxed international airports I've encountered. Is O'Hare generally well regarded? I note the article includes its being voted top airport by Business Traveler Magazine readers, but what about in a broader context?

Oh - and the worst airport I have ever been at in terms of chaos, overcrowding and rubbish facilities is Dublin Airport with its measly single small terminal building. Heathrow under normal conditions didn't seem that bad, certainly by comparison.

193.1.100.109 10:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


Hey, did you notice there are so many freaking signs in that place? You really can't get lost!--Press208 00:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Press208 (talk • contribs) 01:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copy editing

Sections such as "However in 2005, Hartsfield overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport in terms of takeoffs and landings. This was mainly due to the federal government imposing flight caps at O'Hare to reduce flight delays at one of the world's most delayed airport[1], O'Hare was the busiest airport.[2] In terms of total passengers served, Hartsfield has held the title of world's busiest airport for 8 years now, but Chicago also has commercial air traffic to Midway Airport. If Midway did not exist, O'Hare would be the busier airport over Hartsfield." need to be rewritten to improve grammar and style. If I have more time, I'll come back to do it. If someone else can first, please do. --CPAScott 13:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

How about also doing some spell checking. I mean, having words like "Costomer" as opposed to "Customer" just looks really bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.103.231 (talk)

please sign your posts. when you get the chance, please register. The undertow 06:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UFO Incident

The Chicago Tribune has reported that the employees have spotted a HUGE UFO over this place. It is all over the Internet, especially Google, other search engines. Can this incident be mentioned ? Martial Law 22:29, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

  • My thinking is that the article is too long, and should be trimmed. What better place to start than the 100% juicy BS that is UFOlogy? Its being "all over the Internet, especially Google" does not matter, since the pages are propagating a single meme over and over again. Speciate 00:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
    • False, this piece was inserted several months ago and a stood the test of time, of course, until YOU deleted it!! --Inetpup 01:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
      • It may well have stood the "test of time" (hardly a wiki criterion) because the page is long and messy. In any case, just because you can bully this UFO frass onto wikipedia doesn't change the fact that a "HUGE" UFO hovering over O'Hare in the afternoon and only being noticed by twelve UA cargo handlers is impossible. Speciate 06:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Regarding the length of the article, you're wrong! A world class airport deserves a detailed article. The problem ISN'T that the O'Hare article is too short!! The problem IS that other airport articles, particularly the article of its rival, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, is too way short!!! --Inetpup 07:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
      • It is possible that the Hartsfield article is too long as well, and it may be less messy. A world class airport also deserves not to have its page sullied with pathetic UFO-mongering. Address the issue: A huge shiny disc hovering over O'Hare in the daytime, but nobody else sees it. Is it a magic UFO? Or, maybe, just maybe, there was nothing solid there? And please, I hope you are a kid, because if you are an adult you use far too many exclamation points. Speciate 07:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
        • More Speciate Rubbish! I said the the Hartsfield article was too SHORT!! If I'm a kid, then you easily qualify as a curmudgeon. Either way you are an 'L7'-type of person.--Inetpup 08:03, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I re-wrote the entry on this incident, and removed the John Hilkevitch comments from this section as they receive adequate coverage in Chicago O'Hare UFO sighting 2006 article. CJKreklow 04:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separation of domestic/international flights

I've noticed that at a few US airports (specifically JFK, EWR, ORD and LAX) some airlines domestic and international destinations are seperated. This is not set up in the standard form as set forth in the ProjectWiki Airport guide. Plus, when it's being done, it's inconsistent even within the airport page - i.e. DL and UA destinations being seperated, but AA and NW remaining intact at LAX. Also, people don't/shouldn't break it down for the airlines' regional ops, because 1) it looks awful, and 2) it just doesn't make much sense. So, stop doing it. Thanks. Andrewb729 13:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I find it easier to find the information I need when it is seperated and therefore believe that we should revert to the way it was. Thanks for your consideration. Anonymous

[edit] Updated Data

I've added the final data for the 2006 statistics for airport operations (passengers only). The original tally was about a million and a half off, so I added the numbers. This came from the website http://www.aci-na.org/asp/traffic.asp?art=216. --Press208 00:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A, D, J

Why are there no concourses A, D, or J?? -- Georgia guy (talk) 17:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

  • I've always thought the Concourse layouts for O'Hare were on the odd side as well as confusing. Personally, the only terminal I like that i've been in there is the United Terminal. It's very similar to the Northwest McNamara in Detroit. The AA Terminal is very confusing and I hate the gate areas. They are in need of a facelift.--Golich17 (talk) 02:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to transit from Nashvill to Chicago to Narita,Japan

Dear sir, I would like to know , I will travel from Nashvill to Chicago airport. I need to clame my bagags in Chicago for again check in or my bagage can check though Narita?

[edit] How to transit from Nashvill to Chicago to Narita,Japan

Dear sir, I would like to know , I will travel from Nashvill to Chicago airport. I need to clame my bagags in Chicago for again check in or my bagage can check though Narita? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.153.11.143 (talk) 06:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)