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Business aviation in Illinois

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
41

Based business aircraft available for charter:
170

Business air charter brokers:
12

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Cessna Caravan	21
2	Learjet 45	10
3	Hawker 750/800/900	8
4	Bell 206B JetRanger	7
5	Beechcraft King Air 200	7
6	Citation 560	7
7	Falcon 900	6
8	Challenger 300	5
9	Eclipse 500 series	5
10	Citation 550/551	5
11	Falcon 50	4
12	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	4
13	Citation 560XL	4
14	Learjet 70/75	4
15	Global 6000/Express/XRS	4
16	Gulfstream G500/G600	3
17	Falcon 7X	3
18	Beechcraft 1900	3
19	Falcon 900EASy	3
20	Global 5000	3
21	Cessna Citation CJ3	3
22	Airbus Helicopters H145	3
23	Citation Sovereign	3
24	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	3
25	Twin Commander	2
26	Embraer Phenom 300	2
27	Challenger 605	2
28	Falcon 2000	2
29	Beechcraft King Air 90	2
30	Beechcraft King Air 300	2
31	Cirrus Vision	2
32	Gulfstream GIV	2
33	Nextant 400XT	2
34	Bell 206L LongRanger	2
35	Bell 407	1
36	Gulfstream G280	1
37	HondaJet	1
38	Airbus Helicopters H120	1
39	Hawker 4000	1
40	Citation X	1
41	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
42	Falcon 20/200	1
43	Pilatus PC-12	1
44	Citation 500/501	1
45	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	1
46	Challenger 604	1
47	Bell 430	1
48	Learjet 31	1
49	Global 7500	1
50	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
51	Bell 222	1
52	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
53	Piper twin piston	1
54	Falcon 2000 EASy	1
55	Citation 650	1
56	Learjet 35/36	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Chicago (Executive)	27 business aviation companies active
2	Chicago (Dupage)	19
3	Aurora Municipal	15
4	Chicago (Midway International)	14
5	Chicago (Waukegan)	12
6	Cahokia/St Louis (St Louis Downtown)	9
7	Chicago (O'Hare International)	9
8	Chicago/Romeoville (Lewis University)	8
9	Champaign (University of Illinois-Willard)	7
10	Chicago/Schaumburg (Schaumburg Regional)	6
11	Bloomington-Normal (Central Illinois)	6
12	Moline (Quad Cities)	6
13	Alton/St Louis (St Louis Regional)	5
14	Rockford (Chicago/Rockford)	5
15	Peoria International	5
16	Peru (Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field)	4
17	Greater Kankakee	4
18	Chicago (Lansing Municipal)	4
19	Galesburg Municipal	4
20	Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Capital)	4
21	Olney-Noble	3
22	Macomb Municipal	3
23	De Kalb Taylor Municipal	3
24	Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field	3
25	Bolingbrook's Clow International	3
26	Quincy Regional Baldwin Field	2
27	Rantoul National Avn Center-Frank Elliot field	2
28	Sterling/Rockfalls (Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field)	2
29	Robinson (Crawford County)	2
30	Rochelle Municipal - Koritz Field	2
31	Marion (Williamson County Regional)	2
32	Mount Vernon	2
33	Mattoon/Charleston (Coles County Memorial)	2
34	Carbondale/Murphysboro (Southern Illinois)	2
35	Lawrenceville Vincennes International	2
36	Jacksonville Municipal	2
37	Harrisburg-Raleigh	2
38	Flora Municipal	2
39	Freeport (Albertus)	2
40	Kewanee Municipal	2
41	Centralia Municipal	2
42	Danville (Vermilion Regional)	2
43	Pekin Municipal	2
44	Mount Carmel Municipal	2
45	Chicago Vertiport	2
46	Belleville (MidAmerica)	2
47	Decatur	2
48	Paxton	1
49	Chicago Helicopter Experience Heliport	0
50	Vandalia Municipal	0
51	Taylorville Municipal	0
52	Salem Leckrone	0
53	Savanna Tri Township	0
54	Sparta Community Hunter Field	0
55	Paris (Edgar County)	0
56	Pittsfield Penstone Municipal	0
57	Pontiac Municipal	0
58	Pinckneyville Du Quoin	0
59	Metropolis Municipal	0
60	Greater Beardstown	0
61	Joliet Regional	0
62	Mount Sterling Municipal	0
63	Benton Municipal	0
64	Greenville	0
65	Fairfield Municipal	0
66	Carmi Municipal	0
67	Canton Ingersoll	0
68	Cairo Regional	0
69	Grayslake Campbell	0
70	Poplar Grove	0
71	Lacon Marshall County	0
72	Urbana Frasca Field	0
73	Morris Municipal James R. Washburn field	0
74	Lincoln Logan County	0
75	Tuscola	0
76	Ottawa (Skydive Chicago)	0
77	Apple River Foster Field	0
78	Palmyra Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc	0
79	Peoria Mount Hawley Auxiliary	0
80	Litchfield Municipal	0
81	St Jacob St Louis Metro East Shafer Field	0
82	Chicago/Lake in the Hills Lake in the Hills	0
83	Shelbyville Shelby County	0
84	Casey Municipal	0
85	Effingham County Memorial	0
86	New Lenox (Howell New Lenox)	0
87	Greenwood/Wonder Lake Galt Field	0
88	Harvard Dacy	0

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