Snow Kidding: O'Hare Wins Award

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 11, 2010 5:40PM

Most of the news about O'Hare hasn't been too great as of late. That makes today's news all the cheerier. The airport was awarded the 2009-10 Balchen/Post Award for its ability to clear snow off of runways in the "Large" commercial airport category, an honor it shares with Washington D.C.'s Dulles which faced a pretty stiff blast of winter this year. The award, sponsored by The Northeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives and handed out at The International Aviation Snow Symposium, is the first such honor for O'Hare since 1999. O'Hare received 50 inches of snow, over a foot above its normal tally. Previous wins for the airport came in 1978, 1988, and 1989. However, the airport remains winless in its bid to win a Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.