[fireman15]

Richard J. Daley) who had X's chiseled into the airfield

Actually, the X's were bulldozed into the runway making it unusable. This has a different connotation than “chiseled”.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/31/23662485/miegs-field-airport-mayor-richard-daley-bulldozed-notherly-island-plane-march-2003

Although I assume that the aircraft still based there were able to takeoff using the taxiway.

[RckyRaCoCo]

That looks like a scene from The Langoliers