Chicago Executive Airport KPWK / PWK
The North Shore's corporate airport in Wheeling, 45 minutes from the Loop but close to Lake Forest, Northbrook and the O'Hare business corridor. CBP by appointment, three FBOs and no airline traffic; the 5,000 ft runway restricts heavy jets.
5,001 ft
Longest runway
45 min
Drive to Chicago
3
FBOs / handlers
647 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (voluntary quiet hours 22:00–06:00)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 35 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Light to large-cabin jets within a 5,000 ft runway; heavy jets weight-restricted.
- Website
- www.chiexec.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Atlantic Aviation Chicago Executive
- Signature Flight Support Chicago Executive
- Hawthorne Global Aviation
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 5,001 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 4,750 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Challenger 300 needs 4,810 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Longitude needs 4,810 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 3500 needs 4,835 ft
Other airports for Chicago
- Chicago Midway International Airport KMDW 6,522 ft · 25 min
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport KORD 13,000 ft · 40 min