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

Chicago Executive Airport

42.11422°N
-87.90149°W
ARR / DAY
93
▼ 27.4%
DEP / DAY
93
▼ 31.2%

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 93 arrivals and 93 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
6

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
3 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPWK 072352Z 06003KT 10SM FEW100 23/14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 6//// T02280144 10256 20228 55002 PNO $

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 9 335
Netjets Aviation 28% ATP Flight School 24% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 13% Labcorp 9% Sunset Aviation 6% Priester Aviation (Wheeling 6% SC Aviation 5% Executive JET Management 4% Northern JET Management 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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OSU 26
JVL 9
TEB 8
MDW 8
BNA 6
K3CK 5

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Netjets Aviation
95
ATP Flight School
79
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
44
Labcorp
30
Sunset Aviation
20
Priester Aviation (Wheeling
20
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SC Aviation
17
Executive JET Management
15
Northern JET Management
15
LGM Enterprises
14
JET Linx Aviation
12
VJA
11
Northern Illinois Flight Center
10
Northwest Flyers
8
SGX
8
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
8
Executive Flight Services
7
WUP
6
Premier AIR
5
Cobalt AIR
5
Spirit Jets
4
North Country Aviation
4
China Flying Dragon Aviation
3
United Airlines
3
Republic Airlines
3
Andrew Bettis Aviation
2
FLY Dreams
2
North Central Aviation
2
Dreamline Aviation
2
Airsprint
2
SKY West Aviation
2
Scott Aviation
2
Aircraft Management Group
2
Executive Fliteways
2
Worldwide JET Charter (Scottsdale
2
JXA
1
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio
1
Flightaware (Houston
1
CCK
1
KEY Lime AIR (Englewood
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 189 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 26 1h 8m
PWKJVL
Janesville, US
 SC Aviation 9 0h 32m
PWKTEB
Teterboro, US
 Netjets Aviation 6 2h 14m
PWKBNA
Nashville, US
 Priester Aviation (Wheeling 6 1h 11m
PWKK3CK
Chicago/Lake in the Hills, US
 ATP Flight School 5 0h 56m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 5 0h 21m
PWKFOK
Westhampton Beach, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 4 1h 57m
PWKHYR
Hayward, US
 JET Linx Aviation 4 0h 49m
PWKMDW
Chicago, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3 2h 26m
PWKHPN
White Plains, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 35m
PWKISW
Wisconsin Rapids, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 34m
PWKORD
Chicago, US
 ATP Flight School 2 0h 20m
PWKFTW
Fort Worth, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 56m
PWKDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 39m
PWK14WS
Stone Lake, US
 JET Linx Aviation 2 0h 48m
PWKDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 2 0h 38m
PWKKCVX
Charlevoix, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 0h 38m
PWKUGN
Chicago/Waukegan, US
 ATP Flight School 2 0h 14m
PWKUGN
Chicago/Waukegan, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 2 0h 56m
PWKBED
Bedford, US
 Northern JET Management 1 1h 47m
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