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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:
173

Business air charter brokers:
13

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Chicago (Executive)	31 business aviation companies active
2	Chicago (Dupage)	21
3	Aurora Municipal	15
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	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	Chicago (Lansing Municipal)	4
21	Peru (Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field)	3
22	Quincy Regional Baldwin Field	3
23	Olney-Noble	3
24	Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field	3
25	Bolingbrook's Clow International	3
26	Belleville (MidAmerica)	3
27	Monee (Bult Field)	2
28	Rantoul National Avn Center-Frank Elliot field	2
29	Sterling/Rockfalls (Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field)	2
30	Robinson (Crawford County)	2
31	Rochelle Municipal - Koritz Field	2
32	Marion (Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois)	2
33	Mount Vernon	2
34	Mattoon/Charleston (Coles County Memorial)	2
35	Macomb Municipal	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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Flightstar and Rainbow subscribe to ASAP

Flightstar is a full-service FBO, maintenance and charter provider and has operated from the Champaign-Urbana's Willard airport in Illinois since 1978. Serving Hawaii, Rainbow is a premier helicopter tour operator.

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TransDigm invests in Jet Parts and Victor Sierra

Vance Street's investments in Jet Parts and Victor Sierra align closely on business model and strategy. Vance Street partnered with the original founder of each business in 2018 and 2021.

January 25, 2026 Full report

One of the new simulators replicates the Beechcraft B200.

GMR strengthens emergency training with Frasca sims

The Level 7 flight training devices will be housed at GMR’s new training centre in Texas, supporting emergency pilot readiness and patient safety.

January 25, 2026 Full report

Chandler takes on avionics business development at West Star

The role was designed to align internal processes, strategy and service delivery across the company’s avionics operations and customer relationships.

January 17, 2026 Full report

Jet Air seeks to consistently modernise its fleet.

Citation 560XL with Garmin onboard arrives at Jet Air

As one of Garmin's leading retrofit partners, Elliott Aviation has completed more Garmin G5000 installations on the Citation 560XL than any other provider. The upgrade brings Jet Air's aircraft the latest avionics.

January 10, 2026 Full report