Posted on 10/01/2014 11:21:49 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
When President Obama arrives on Wednesday evening, Air Force One will touch down at Gary-Chicago International airport, rather than the usual O’Hare International Airport.
Officials confirmed the president’s itinerary on Tuesday afternoon. The president won’t be in Gary for long, however.
The plans to land on the 7,000-foot runway in Gary comes just a few days after the air control center in Aurora was sabotaged last Friday by a fire, crippling airline traffic at both O’Hare and Midway.
The White House doesn’t want to cause any additional complications with an Air Force One landing.
“The President will be flying into Gary, Indiana rather than O’Hare or Midway to allow air traffic control to maximize efficiency in the airspace,” a White House official said.
Obama will arrive on Wednesday evening and take the Marine One helicopter into Chicago, where he will stay overnight.
On Thursday, he will attend a campaign event with Gov. Pat Quinn and then give a speech about the economy at Northwestern University in Evanston. The president will depart from the Gary airport on Thursday afternoon.
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When has he ever tried not to cause a commotion?
I am wondering if O’Hare maybe might be dangerous for some reason
The first time I rad that headline I saw: “Obama to Land at Gay Airport”
O’Hare is not yet back in full service after last week’s fire / sabotage of the Regional Air Traffic Control Center.
I don’t trust anything anymore.
We probably didn’t get the whole story on that
I’ll bet Gary doesn’t get many 747’s.I wonder if Osama Obama understands that Indiana was one of his biggest failures in ‘12....he won it in ‘08,lost it in ‘12.
Why is this fool continuing to give speeches? He is a chronic liar so anything he says is a lie.
You know everybody loves a good yarn./
What a gracious gesture to the dhimmi.
I’d rather he land in Lake Michigan.
The Skyway is at the approach end of the airport’s longest runway. Think they’ll shut the road down so AF-1 doesn’t have to come in low over the Skyway?
Ebola patient:
“It’s also possible that the patient entered the U.S. at another major U.S. hub. Chicago’s O’Hare, New York’s JFK and Newark, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, and Miami international airports all operate flights from Belgium and also fly to Dallas.”
Yes. I wondered if he was avoiding the mess they created with their open borders.
Maybe he`ll enjoy the view of a case study in a burned out and boarded up progressive utopia.
Yup. Ebola patient.
The airplane that carried Duncan subsequently flew to Ohare. United is based out of Ohare/Chicago so this was probably a maintenance/cleaning visit.
If it’s so hard to contract and not contagious, WHY is he avoiding Ohare?
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