KPWK — Chicago Exec
Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL · field elevation 645 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KPWK current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPWK 252352Z 08003KT 10SM OVC120 16/12 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP252 T01610122 10178 20161 56007
- Wind
- from 080° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 12,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.27 inHg
- Density altitude
- 495 ft · pressure altitude 295 ft
- Observed
- 10 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 080° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 16 | 1 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 34 | 1 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 30 | 2 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 19 nm. Last image 10 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KPWK — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPWK — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.11488, -87.90199
- Elevation
- 645 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1143Z / 2342Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
- Magnetic variation
- 2°W (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Cook, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KPWK publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,001 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12/30 | 4,415 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.2
- Tower 0600-2200 MON-FRI & 0700-2200 SAT-SUN
- 119.9
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD
- 124.7
- CTAF
- 119.9
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 120.55
- Approach
- 128.575
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
- 3 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPWK airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Illinois airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.