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This is a list of airports in Illinois (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as previously public-use airports, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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]
Interstate 490 (I-490), also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport. [1]
Skydive Chicago Airport (FAA LID: 8N2) is a privately owned, public use airport located four miles northeast of Ottawa, Illinois. The airport is the centerpiece of the Skydive Chicago Resort . Camping, RV parking, and lodging are available to skydiving guests and an observation area, and café for the general public.
Midway is one of the busiest airports in the nation and the second-busiest airport both in the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of Illinois, serving 22,050,489 passengers in 2023. [6] Midway is a base for Southwest Airlines, [7] which carries over 90% of the passengers at the airport. The airport's name is in honor of the Battle of Midway.
The airport was purchased by Jim Bult in 2004. Numerous updates were performed, including the construction of a $5 million terminal building. The runway was also paved, along with the adjoining taxiway. [3] In 2014, the Illinois Department of Transportation bought the airport and surrounding land in order to develop a new airport on the site. [4]
DuPage Airport (IATA: DPA, ICAO: KDPA, FAA LID: DPA) is a general aviation airport located 29 miles (47 km) west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the DuPage Airport Authority, which is an independent government body established by law by the state of Illinois.
The airport announced a plan to extend their main runway in August 2023 to allow a wider array of aircraft to operate into and out of the airport. [8] For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2020 the airport totaled 60,000 aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi.