Chicago Executive Airport

ICAO KPWK42.1142°N 87.9015°W645 ft / 197 mMedium airport

Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK) is a medium airport in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,001 ft (1,524 m). In 2025 it handled 411 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944

FEB 1944

OpenedChicago Executive Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

16/34159° / 339° · LIT

LENGTH5,001 ft1,524 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

12/30118° / 298° · LIT

LENGTH4,415 ft1,346 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2025

250

313

373

671

441

341

581

411

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Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers411 (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#3,454of 3,974 · #912 North America · #667 US Longest runway5,001 ft1,524 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,502of 29,823 · =2,344 North America · =1,935 US Elevation645 ft197 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,486of 43,341 · =11,757 North America · =9,784 US AgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · =1,249 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

A/DCHICAGO APP/DEP120.550

ATISATIS124.200

CLDCLNC DEL124.700

CTAFCTAF119.900

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR119.900

UNICUNICOM122.950