Donna Miller urges state and local elected officials to speed up development of the proposed South Suburban Airport after news reports that the FAA is proposing a cap on flights in and out of O'Hare Airport. With her are, from left, Flossmoor Trustee George Lofton, Glenwood Trustee Linnetta E. Taylor and Pastor Lawrence Blackful of Chicago Heights. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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Proposed FAA cap at O’Hare prompts Miller to urge progress on proposed South Suburban Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration is considering imposing a cap on daily flights in and out of O’Hare Airport, and one county official is hoping to use that move as an opportunity to promote progress on the South Suburban Airport project.

Fox 32 reported Wednesday, March 4, that airlines’ projection of more than 3,000 flights per day was deemed too many by the FAA, which proposed to cap daily flights at 2,800. 

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