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Busy holiday weekend expected at Chicago airports

Things are going to get really busy at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport this weekend.

The city’s Department of Aviation says that the 269,000 passengers expected at O’Hare on Friday will make it the busiest day of the Memorial Day weekend.

All told, the department is anticipating a 2 percent increase in the number of O’Hare passengers for the five day travel period and a 3 percent increase at Midway International Airport.

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