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Share ORD memories for a $500 prize + Get rewards at RNO + Track Santa

Share ORD memories for a $500 prize + Get rewards at RNO + Track Santa

12/22/25
  You could win $500 for sharing an O’Hare Airport memory In October, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) celebrated its 70th anniversary of hosting commercial air service. The airport has, of course, changed and grown a lot over the years. And now it’s looking forward to a major terminal expansion, dubbed ORDNext. On the agenda: […]
The most important flights for Santa and his team

The most important flights for Santa and his team

12/23/20
While we’re all staying home, it’s good to know Santa and his team are going to be flying around the world. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is helping out. The FAA says that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus and his reindeer-powered sleigh will have special operating authority to conduct interstate air-cargo-delivery services directly to rooftops […]

Santa’s Flight Path According to NORAD

12/25/09
On Christmas Eve, NORAD, the military organization responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of the United States and Canada, focused its high tech resources on tracking Santa’s flight path around the world.  Why do they do that?  According to the NORAD Web site: The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck […]