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Notable Aircraft at PWK Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the PWK pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

PWK Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Chicago Executive Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at PWK Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

United Airlines
1
Labcorp
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING 737 MAX 9 is the most common aircraft at PWK right now, with 1 tracked. Narrowbody or widebody tells you whether this is a domestic hub or a long-haul gateway.

1
B39M
BOEING 737 MAX 9
1
Unresolved
Unresolved

About Chicago Executive Airport

PWK's busiest nonstop destination is PBI, at 3 flights a week. 175 scheduled destinations overall, served by 40 airlines. Based in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling.

Elevation
647ft
Routes
175
Airlines
40
Busiest Route
PWK → PBI
3x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the PWK radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
UAUA 2656 B39M 37,000 500kt 21nm 3267
SKQ25 19,400 213kt 22nm 6225

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the PWK radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for PWK traffic actually reflect PWK traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.