By AP/KWMU
Cahokia, Ill. – O'Hare and Midway Airports in Chicgao are not surprisingly the two busiest in Illinois, but the third-busiest is Downtown Airport in Cahokia. That's according to the Illinois Department of Transportation, which says there were 160-thousand take-offs and landings at Cahokia last year.
Airport officials say Cahokia has been steadily increasing its numbers since 2001 by marketing it to St. Louis businesses as being easier to get to than airports in Missouri.
O'Hare saw 972,000 take-offs and landings, while Midway had 291,000. DuPage Airport in West Chicago was fourth with 133,000.
Downtown Airport assistant director Wendi Sellers says everyone at the Cahokia airfield is very proud of the ranking.