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Thursday, April 25
Never heard of Northwest Chicagoland Regional Airport? It's out in Rockford, and it's hoping to beat Peotone to become the area's third major airport. It has a head start: it's already built, for one, and TransMeridian Airlines already flies to Orlando and Las Vegas from there. Another big bonus: free parking.