Chicago Executive Airport (IATA PWK), located in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL.
Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) is a medium airport in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL. It carries the IATA code PWK. It sits in North America.
Chicago Executive Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,001-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 5,001 ft (1,524 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.
Chicago Executive Airport sits near sea level at 647 ft.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 8 departing and 6 arriving private-jet legs at PWK across the next six months of operator inventory. 11 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like PWK are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.