Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-2012 Understanding Flight Delays at U.S. Airports in 2010, Using Chicago O'Hare International Airport as a Case Study Paul Blackwood Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Geographic Information Sciences Commons, and the Human Geography Commons Recommended Citation Blackwood, Paul, "Understanding Flight Delays at U.S. Airports in 2010, Using Chicago O'Hare International Airport as a Case Study" (2012). Master's Theses. 45. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/45 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. UNDERSTANDING FLIGHT DELAYS AT U.S. AIRPORTS IN 2010, USING CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS A CASE STUDY by Paul Blackwood A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty ofThe Graduate College in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the Degree ofMaster ofArts Department of Geography Advisor: Benjamin Ofori-Amoah, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2012 UNDERSTANDING FLIGHT DELAYS AT U.S. AIRPORTS IN 2010, USING CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS A CASE STUDY Paul Blackwood, M.A. Western Michigan University, 2012 Flight delays are economic, social, and environmental albatross to U.S. businesses and consumers. In 2007 alone, domestic flight delays cost the U.S. aviation industry $40.7 billion (Joint Economic Committee of the House and Senate Report, 2008).