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KPWK · PWK

Chicago Executive Airport

42.11422°N
-87.90149°W
ARR / DAY
127
▲ 31.2%
DEP / DAY
128
▲ 30.7%

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 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 127 arrivals and 128 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
↺
Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

31m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
8 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPWK 160752Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM FEW080 OVC110 19/13 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP236 T01940133 $

Runways

3 installed

5,000 FT MAX
06/24
3,660 ft × 50
ASP● LITHIGH
12/30
4,386 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
16/34
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 463
Netjets Aviation 30% ATP Flight School 20% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 19% Priester Aviation (Wheeling 8% Executive JET Management 6% Labcorp 6% JET Linx Aviation 4% VJA 4% Aviation Advisor 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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TEB 32
OSU 23
HPN 16
JVL 13
SUS 9
K3CK 8

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Netjets Aviation
137
ATP Flight School
92
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
89
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
35
Executive JET Management
30
Labcorp
29
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JET Linx Aviation
18
VJA
17
Aviation Advisor
16
Northern Illinois Flight Center
14
Northern JET Management
13
LGM Enterprises
12
Sunset Aviation
11
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
10
SC Aviation
7
Northwest Flyers
6
American Airlines
6
United Airlines
5
Aero Charter
4
Spirit Jets
4
SCJ
4
WUP
4
Best Jets International (Minneapolis
4
Smart JET SP. Z O.O.
4
Freight Runners Express
4
Alante AIR Charter
3
Capital Aircraft Group
2
FLY Dreams
2
RED Barn Operations
2
Jetright AIR Management
2
Premier AIR
2
Leadership IN Flight Training
2
Southern Illinois University D/B/A Flight School (Murphysboro
2
JET OUT
2
Talon AIR
2
United States Department of Transportation
2
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland
2
Maxair Charter
2
Fltplan
2
Ventura AIR Services
2

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

30 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 171 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 23 1h 7m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Executive JET Management 12 1h 49m
PWKJVL
Janesville, US
 ATP Flight School 11 0h 50m
PWKK3CK
Chicago/Lake in the Hills, US
 ATP Flight School 8 0h 56m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Netjets Aviation 8 2h 10m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 7 2h 5m
PWKHPN
White Plains, US
 Netjets Aviation 6 2h 12m
PWKENW
Kenosha, US
 Aviation Advisor 6 0h 15m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 5 0h 50m
PWKRST
Rochester, US
 Netjets Aviation 5 0h 46m
PWKHPN
White Plains, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 5 1h 51m
PWKHPN
White Plains, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 5 1h 42m
PWKIAD
Washington, DC, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 4 1h 33m
PWKFCM
Minneapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 4 2h 52m
PWKKTYQ
Indianapolis, US
 Netjets Aviation 4 0h 42m
PWKSUS
St Louis, US
 Aero Charter 4 0h 50m
PWKDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 3 1h 18m
PWKGRR
Grand Rapids, US
 Northern JET Management 3 0h 25m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 3 1h 58m
PWKORD
Chicago, US
 American Airlines 3 3h 34m
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