Chicago Executive Airport

Chicago Executive Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Prospect Heights and Village of Wheeling
ServesChicago
LocationWheeling, Illinois
Elevation AMSL647 ft / 197 m
Coordinates42°06′51″N 087°54′06″W / 42.11417°N 87.90167°W / 42.11417; -87.90167
Websitewww.chiexec.com
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PWK is located in Illinois
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Location of airport in Illinois
PWK is located in the United States
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PWK (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
12/30 4,415 1,346 Asphalt
6/24 3,677 1,121 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending March 31, 2022)108,203
Based aircraft259
Source: FAA,[1] airport website[2]
FAA diagram

Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling.[1][2]

The airport logs over 77,000 take-offs and landings each year and is the fourth busiest airport in Illinois.[3]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for PWK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Chicago Executive Airport, official website
  3. ^ Chicago Executive Airport Information Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine