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

Chicago Executive Airport

42.11422°N
-87.90149°W
ARR / DAY
20
▼ 84.1%
DEP / DAY
19
▼ 85.1%

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 20 arrivals and 19 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

24m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
7 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPWK 261752Z 21007G16KT 190V270 10SM SCT043 BKN050 31/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03110206 10311 20233 56005

Runways

3 installed

5,001 FT MAX
06/24
3,677 ft × 50
ASP● LITHIGH
12/30
4,415 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
16/34
5,001 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

22 total
TOP 9 60
Netjets Aviation 37% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 17% ATP Flight School 15% Priester Aviation (Wheeling 8% LGM Enterprises 7% Baker Aviation 5% Northern Illinois Flight Center 5% Corporate Flight International 3% Advanced AIR 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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HPN 5
TEB 4
JVL 3
MSV 2
SBN 2
ANC 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 22
Netjets Aviation
22
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
10
ATP Flight School
9
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
5
LGM Enterprises
4
Baker Aviation
3
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Northern Illinois Flight Center
3
Corporate Flight International
2
Advanced AIR
2
NON
2
Silverhawk Aviation
2
Sunset Aviation
2
Labcorp
2
Executive JET Management
2
Aviation Advisor
2
Northern JET Management
2
SC Aviation
2
Superior Transportation Associates
1
Parsa
1
Atlas AIR
1
JET Linx Aviation
1
Nippon Cargo Airlines
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

29 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 212 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
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Netjets Aviation 4 1h 46m
PWKHPN
White Plains, US
 Netjets Aviation 3 2h 15m
PWKMSV
Monticello, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 2 1h 34m
PWKBZN
Bozeman, US
 Northern Illinois Flight Center 2 2h 31m
PWKJVL
Janesville, US
 ATP Flight School 2 0h 47m
PWKSBN
South Bend, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 22m
PWKHOU
Houston, US
 Baker Aviation 1 2h 4m
PWKLEW
Auburn/Lewiston, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 1h 43m
PWKBOS
Boston, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 2h 24m
PWKGRR
Grand Rapids, US
 Northern JET Management 1 0h 28m
PWKANC
Anchorage, US
 Atlas AIR 1 5h 45m
PWKORD
Chicago, US
 ATP Flight School 1 0h 28m
PWKJVL
Janesville, US
 SC Aviation 1 0h 20m
PWKSBN
South Bend, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 0h 28m
PWKHTO
East Hampton, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 1h 47m
PWKMKE
Milwaukee, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 14m
PWKOSH
Oshkosh, US
 Parsa 1 0h 54m
PWK6NY6
Kauneonga Lake, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 1 1h 48m
PWKBED
Bedford, US
 SC Aviation 1 2h 15m
PWKMMU
Morristown, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 49m
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