Chicago Executive
PWK · KPWK · Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois · Cook County · map
Chicago Executive is a public-use airport, 18 miles northwest of Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois, 645 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 236 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 97,636 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,132 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Chicago Executive?
Its FAA code is PWK, and its ICAO code is KPWK.
Where is Chicago Executive?
It is 18 miles northwest of Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois, 645 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chicago Executive?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 5,001 feet long.
Does Chicago Executive have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chicago Executive?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Chicago Executive?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Teterboro, Waukegan Ntl, Dupage, Chicago Midway International, Westchester County. Every route
Are there flight schools at Chicago Executive?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including W Air LLC and Boraam Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chicago Executive?
25 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PWK · ICAO KPWK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 645 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm mon-fri and 7:00 am to 10:00 pm sat-sun
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,415 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, pole 24 ft high 629 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 13 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 295 ft, 3,785 ft available for landing, tree 42 ft high 491 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 432 ft, 3,725 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.9 | Executive |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.2 | Executive |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.7 | Executive |
| Ground | 121.7 | Executive |
| Approach and departure | 120.55 | Executive |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 128.575 | Executive |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 847-465-0291.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chicago O'Hare International (8 nm south), Schaumburg Regional (12 nm southwest), Waukegan Ntl Airport (19 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airport estd prior to 1959. No objection for asp on runways 12L/30R and 16/34 only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; rlls runway 16; high-intensity runway lights 16/34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Customs user fee. MON-FRI 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) runway 16 departure end: 242.97 feet in length by 170.10 feet in width, setback 35 feet from runway end.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) runway 34 departure end: 230.82 feet in length by 170.10 feet in width, setback 304.18 feet from runway end.
- Non-standard spacing.
- 15 feet road and 6 feet fence.
- +6 feet fence 0 feet from threshold; +20 feet trees 0 feet and 50 feet from threshold; 15 feet road.
- Ctn: when crcg east for R traffic runway 34 vfy alnmt; do not misalign with runway 30.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees left and 9 degrees right of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees left and right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 20:1 at dthr.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 115 departures from PWK in those twelve months, carrying 288 passengers in 1,290 seats (22% filled), to 58 destinations (8 abroad) on 9 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Executive → Teterboro PWK–TEB | 17 | 30 | Jet Aviation Flight..., Air Alsie A/S, Air Hamburg... and 1 more |
| Chicago Executive → Waukegan Ntl PWK–UGN | 9 | 0 | Jet Aviation Flight... |
| Chicago Executive → Dupage PWK–DPA | 6 | 3 | Jet Aviation Flight... |
| Chicago Executive → Chicago Midway International PWK–MDW | 6 | 0 | Jet Aviation Flight..., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Chicago Executive → Westchester County PWK–HPN | 4 | 10 | Jet Aviation Flight..., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Chicago Executive → Toronto PWK–YYZ | 4 | 6 | Jet Aviation Flight..., Chartright Air Inc. |
| Chicago Executive → University Of Illinois/Willard PWK–CMI | 3 | 6 | Jet Aviation Flight... |
| Chicago Executive → Columbia Regional PWK–COU | 3 | 13 | Air Hamburg... |
All 58 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 128 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 86 |
| helicopters | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 97,636, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 16 |
| air taxi and commuter | 20,513 |
| general aviation, travelling | 43,411 |
| general aviation, local | 33,572 |
| military | 124 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- W Air LLC 5 aircraft · Wheeling, 1 mile away WAir Aviation is a Part 61 flight school located at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK) in Wheeling, Illinois.
- Boraam Aviation INC 4 aircraft · Prospect Heights, 2 miles away Boraam Aviation is a flight school in Prospect Heights, Illinois that offers pilot training programs including discovery flights, private pilot certificates, instrument ratings, and commercial pilot certificates.
- Schaumburg Flying Club Nfp 2 aircraft · Palatine, 7 miles away
- North Shore Flying Club 1 aircraft · Libertyville, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
25 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 24 for private pilot, 20 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 15 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 23 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 36 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 4 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · ATP Flight School - Wheeling IL · Wheeling, IL (1 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Michael Biewenga private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Arlington Heights, IL (3 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (7 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
- Adam Milnes private pilot; airplanes · Greater Chicago FSDO · Des Plaines, IL (8 nm) · (708) 819-5040 · [email protected]
- Devin John Macdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chicago, IL (8 nm) · (847) 778-0130 · [email protected]
- Gerry F Ventrella private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Chicago, IL (8 nm) · (773) 294-2726 · [email protected]
- Gail Sue Lapook private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Wauconda, IL (14 nm) · (708) 601-6219 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (15 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
All 94 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 74 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 74 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- W Air LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Boraam Aviation INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Schaumburg Flying Club Nfp 2 aircraft · flying club
- Teterboro (TEB) 17 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., Air Alsie A/S
- Waukegan Ntl (UGN) 9 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Dupage (DPA) 6 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Chicago Midway International (MDW) 6 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Westchester County (HPN) 4 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Toronto (YYZ) 4 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., Chartright Air Inc.
- University Of Illinois/Willard (CMI) 3 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Columbia Regional (COU) 3 flights in twelve months · Air Hamburg Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,052 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PWK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.