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Business aviation in Illinois

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
44

Based business aircraft available for charter:
168

Business air charter brokers:
13

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Challenger 300	11
2	Hawker 750/800/900	9
3	Cessna Caravan	8
4	Citation 560XL	8
5	Learjet 45	8
6	Bell 206B JetRanger	6
7	Gulfstream G500/G600	5
8	Airbus Helicopters H145	5
9	Twin Commander	5
10	Citation Sovereign	5
11	Gulfstream G500/G550	5
12	Falcon 900	4
13	Beechcraft King Air 200	4
14	Gulfstream G280	4
15	Citation 550/551	4
16	Global 6000/Express/XRS	4
17	Citation 560	4
18	Falcon 900EASy	4
19	Embraer Phenom 300	4
20	Falcon 7X	3
21	Gulfstream G650	3
22	Challenger 605	3
23	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	3
24	Beechcraft 1900	3
25	Eclipse 500 series	2
26	Bell 407	2
27	Embraer Praetor 500	2
28	Gulfstream GIV	2
29	Falcon 50	2
30	Bell 206L LongRanger	2
31	Gulfstream G400/G450	2
32	Pilatus PC-24	2
33	Learjet 70/75	2
34	Citation 500/501	1
35	Beechjet 400	1
36	Cessna Citation CJ3	1
37	Learjet 55	1
38	Embraer Phenom 100	1
39	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	1
40	Hawker 4000	1
41	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
42	Pilatus PC-12	1
43	Nextant 400XT	1
44	Citation Latitude	1
45	HondaJet	1
46	Eurocopter AS355	1
47	Bombardier CRJ200	1
48	Learjet 35/36	1
49	Global 7500	1
50	Global 5000	1
51	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
52	Piper twin piston	1
53	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	1
54	Challenger 604	1
55	Gulfstream GV	1
56	Bell 222	1
57	Beechcraft King Air 90	1
58	Falcon 2000 EASy	1
59	Citation 650	1
60	Falcon 20/200	1
61	Beechcraft King Air 300	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Chicago (Executive)	32 business aviation companies active
2	Chicago (Dupage)	20
3	Aurora Municipal	14
4	Chicago (Waukegan)	13
5	Chicago (Midway International)	13
6	Cahokia/St Louis (St Louis Downtown)	11
7	Chicago (O'Hare International)	10
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	Chicago/Schaumburg (Schaumburg Regional)	5
16	Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Capital)	5
17	Rockford (Chicago/Rockford)	5
18	Greater Kankakee	4
19	De Kalb Taylor Municipal	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	Belleville (MidAmerica)	3
28	Monee (Bult Field)	2
29	Rantoul National Avn Center-Frank Elliot field	2
30	Sterling/Rockfalls (Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field)	2
31	Robinson (Crawford County)	2
32	Rochelle Municipal - Koritz Field	2
33	Marion (Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois)	2
34	Mount Vernon	2
35	Mattoon/Charleston (Coles County Memorial)	2
36	Carbondale/Murphysboro (Southern Illinois)	2
37	Lawrenceville Vincennes International	2
38	Jacksonville Municipal	2
39	Harrisburg-Raleigh	2
40	Flora Municipal	2
41	Freeport (Albertus)	2
42	Kewanee Municipal	2
43	Centralia Municipal	2
44	Danville (Vermilion Regional)	2
45	Pekin Municipal	2
46	Morris Municipal/James R. Washburn Field	2
47	Mount Carmel Municipal	2
48	Chicago Vertiport	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

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Jet Air takes over Revv Iowa and Illinois facilities

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