Chicago Executive Airport
Chicago Executive Airport, formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “KPWK” and “PWK”
- Historically known as: “Palwaukee Municipal Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prospect Heights station and Wheeling station.
Prospect Heights station
Railway station
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Prospect Heights is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Prospect Heights, Illinois. The station is 26.6 miles away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. Prospect Heights station is situated 1½ miles south of Chicago Executive Airport.
Wheeling station
Railway station
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Wheeling is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Wheeling, Illinois. The station is 29.9 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. Wheeling station is situated 2 miles northwest of Chicago Executive Airport.
Wheeling High School
School
Wheeling High School is a public four-year high school located in Wheeling, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, and Rolling Meadows High School. Wheeling High School is situated 2 miles west of Chicago Executive Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wheeling and Prospect Heights.
Wheeling
Town
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Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is part of Wheeling and Vernon townships. Wheeling is a suburb of Chicago, it is primarily in Cook County, approximately 23 mi northwest of downtown Chicago. Wheeling is situated 2 miles northwest of Chicago Executive Airport.
Prospect Heights
Village
Prospect Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 16,058. Prospect Heights is situated 2½ miles southwest of Chicago Executive Airport.
Riverwoods
Village
The Northwestern Suburbs is a region in Chicagoland, primary located in northwestern Cook, southern Lake and northern DuPage County, primarily centered along the Union Pacific Northwest Metra Line, though encompassing areas well beyond the rail line. Riverwoods is situated 3½ miles north of Chicago Executive Airport.
Chicago Executive Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Wheeling Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Chicago Executive Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chicago Executive Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار شيكاجو التنفيذى”
- French: “aérodrome de Chicago Executive”
- French: “Aérodrome de Chicago Executive”
- French: “PWK”
- Indonesian: “KPWK”
- Indonesian: “PWK”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chicago Executive Airport”
- Norwegian: “Chicago Executive Airport”
- Persian: “KPWK”
- Persian: “PWK”
- Persian: “فرودگاه استیجاری شیکاگو”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شیکاگوو ایگزکیتیو”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Chicago Executive”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шикогув оигзкитю”
- Ukrainian: “Чикаго Екзекьютів”
- Urdu: “شکاگو ایگزیکٹو ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
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