Meigs Field is No More!

AOPA and EAA are reporting that the City of Chicago public works department brought heavy equipment onto Meigs Field at 1:30am this morning, and carved the runway up, permanently closing Meigs Field. No warning was given to based aircraft or even the FAA or the FBO. 16 Aircraft are now trapped at Meigs. It is reported that when the FBO asked the City what to do about the stranded aircraft, they were told "That's your problem". The only reason given was that of "Homeland Security".

The below photos were taken from the WebCam provided by The Adler Planetarium. To see more, select the SkyEye Cam, and then choose the "Meigs" view.

View of Runway 18/36

Closeup of the Threshold