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📍 Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling⬆ 647 ft3 runways
KPWK · PWK

Chicago Executive Airport

42.11422°N
-87.90149°W
ARR / DAY
89
▼ 31.2%
DEP / DAY
86
▼ 36.7%

Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK/PWK) is a medium general aviation airport located in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL, 20 mi east of Elgin. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 89 arrivals and 86 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
4

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPWK 100852Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW095 19/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01940189 50001

Runways

3 installed

5,001 FT MAX
12/30
4,415 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
16/34
5,001 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
6/24
3,677 ft × 50
ASP● LITCLOSED

Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 329
Netjets Aviation 30% ATP Flight School 20% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 15% Labcorp 8% Priester Aviation (Wheeling 6% Executive JET Management 5% Sunset Aviation 5% SC Aviation 5% Northern JET Management 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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TEB 21
OSU 20
MDW 14
JVL 8
K3CK 7
MKC 4

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Netjets Aviation
100
ATP Flight School
66
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
50
Labcorp
25
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
21
Executive JET Management
18
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Sunset Aviation
18
SC Aviation
16
Northern JET Management
15
LGM Enterprises
14
JET Linx Aviation
11
Northern Illinois Flight Center
10
SGX
8
Northwest Flyers
7
Aviation Advisor
7
VJA
6
Premier AIR
6
WUP
5
North Country Aviation
5
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
4
Spirit Jets
4
Cobalt AIR
3
Worldwide JET Charter (Scottsdale
3
United Airlines
3
RED Barn Operations
3
Republic Airlines
2
Scott Aviation
2
Capital Aircraft Group
2
Andrew Bettis Aviation
2
Executive Fliteways
2
SKY West Aviation
2
Smart JET SP. Z O.O.
2
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio
2
Ventura AIR Services
2
Executive Flight Services
2
China Flying Dragon Aviation
2
Dreamline Aviation
2
KEY Lime AIR (Englewood
1
Best Jets International (Minneapolis
1
Creamer Pilot Services
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.900 —
TWR 119.900 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
GND 121.700 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
ATIS 124.200 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
APCH 120.550 —
APCH 128.575 —
APCH 306.925 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
LCL/P 119.900 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
OTHER 124.700 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
CD/P 124.700 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
647 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KPWK · last 7d

32 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 180 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
PWKOSU
Columbus, US
 Labcorp 20 1h 8m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Netjets Aviation 7 2h 2m
PWKJVL
Janesville, US
 SC Aviation 7 0h 17m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 7 1h 14m
PWKK3CK
Chicago/Lake in the Hills, US
 ATP Flight School 7 0h 47m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 6 0h 21m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 5 1h 52m
PWKBNA
Nashville, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 3 1h 17m
PWKDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 3 0h 42m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 3 1h 53m
PWKMKC
Kansas City, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3 1h 5m
PWKBMG
Bloomington, US
 Netjets Aviation 3 0h 42m
PWKBED
Bedford, US
 Sunset Aviation 2 1h 50m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Worldwide JET Charter (Scottsdale 2 1h 32m
PWKHYR
Hayward, US
 JET Linx Aviation 2 0h 50m
PWKAPF
Naples, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 3h 40m
PWKISW
Wisconsin Rapids, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 34m
PWKSCF
Scottsdale, US
 LGM Enterprises 2 3h 33m
PWKIAD
Washington, DC, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 42m
PWK14WS
Stone Lake, US
 JET Linx Aviation 2 0h 48m
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