Business View Magazine November-December 2018

70 71 THE PERFECT APPROACH TO CHICAGO C hicago Executive Airport is a public airport jointly owned by the Village of Wheeling and the City of Prospect Heights, Illinois, located 18 miles northwest of Chicago.With about 80,000 oper- ations annually, Chicago Executive is the fourth busiest airport in the state and specializes in general and corporate aviation.The primary users are private airplane owners, businesses that maintain their aircraft there,major na- tional corporations, and flight schools.The Airport’s 412 acres are home to three FBOs, 325 aircraft, and 57 corporate jets. It has three active runways: 5,001-foot-long Runway 16/34, 4,415-foot-long Runway 12/30, and 3,677-foot- long Runway 6/24. It was in 1925 that the Airport was born at the corner of Palatine Road and Milwaukee Av- enue.“It was known as Gauthier’s Flying Field, AT A GLANCE CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHAT: A public airport jointly owned by the Village of Wheeling and the City of Prospect Heights WHERE: 18 miles northwest of Chicago, in suburban Wheeling, Illinois WEBSITE: www.chiexec.com