Illinois | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Illinois

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
46

Based business aircraft available for charter:
170

Business air charter brokers:
15

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Hawker 750/800/900	10
2	Challenger 300	9
3	Learjet 45	8
4	Cessna Caravan	7
5	Gulfstream G500/G600	7
6	Citation 560XL	7
7	Citation Sovereign	6
8	Twin Commander	6
9	Bell 206B JetRanger	6
10	Airbus Helicopters H145	5
11	Beechcraft 1900	5
12	Global 6000/Express/XRS	5
13	Falcon 900EASy	5
14	Falcon 900	4
15	Gulfstream G500/G550	4
16	Challenger 605	3
17	Falcon 7X	3
18	Shorts SC7 Skyvan	3
19	Citation 560	3
20	Gulfstream G650	3
21	Embraer Phenom 300	3
22	Gulfstream G280	3
23	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	3
24	Pilatus PC-24	3
25	Beechcraft King Air 200	3
26	Citation 550/551	2
27	Eclipse 500 series	2
28	Gulfstream G400/G450	2
29	Embraer Phenom 100	2
30	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	2
31	Falcon 50	2
32	Learjet 35/36	2
33	Learjet 70/75	2
34	Bell 206L LongRanger	2
35	Bell 407	1
36	Learjet 55	1
37	Beechcraft King Air 90	1
38	HondaJet	1
39	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	1
40	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
41	Piper twin piston	1
42	Gulfstream G700	1
43	Citation 500/501	1
44	Citation Latitude	1
45	Gulfstream GV	1
46	Embraer Praetor 500	1
47	Bombardier CRJ200	1
48	Cessna Citation CJ3	1
49	Eurocopter AS355	1
50	Pilatus PC-12	1
51	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
52	Citation 650	1
53	Viking DHC-6	1
54	Global 7500	1
55	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	1
56	Falcon 2000 EASy	1
57	Gulfstream GIV	1
58	Falcon 20/200	1
59	Hawker 4000	1
60	Challenger 604	1
61	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
62	Global 5000	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

Business aviation suppliers in Illinois

Maintenance 28 • Completions 5

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StandardAero at Springfield receives a facelift

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October 26, 2026 Full report

The Challenger 600 series joins Skandia soundproofing systems covering more than 80 aircraft models.

Skandia Challenger 600 soundproofing kit gains TCCA approval

Final approval from Transport Canada Civil Aviation has cleared Canadian operators, MROs and completion centres to install the kit, which lowered cabin noise by an average of 3.1 dB(SIL) in flight testing.

October 26, 2026 Full report

The emergence of cryptocurrecy offers customers more flexible payment options.

Freedom Air settles Stellar FBO bill using crypto

Reno-based Part 135 operator Freedom Air Services has become the first customer to pay an FBO for fuel and ground services using cryptocurrency, transacting in GiveBack at Stellar Aviation’s Reno-Tahoe location.

October 22, 2026 Full report

It takes a village – Elliott employees gather to celebrate the milestone.

Centennial Jets XLS becomes Elliott's 100th G5000 retrofit

Elliott Aviation has completed its 100th Garmin G5000 retrofit, fitting the integrated flight deck to a Citation XLS operated by Atlanta broker Centennial Jets at an installation cost of around $500,000.

October 16, 2026 Full report