KPWK Chicago Exec

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 51 min old

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12 25% 4415 ft

16 25% 5001 ft

30 25% 4415 ft · right traffic

34 25% 5001 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 34 until 10-09 23:59Z

RWY 34 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	51 min
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KPWK field & runways

Chicago Exec, Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, Illinois. Field elevation 645 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 2.0°W on record, 4.0°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.03°/year west — about 1° every 33 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
12	118.1°	122.1°	matches	4,415 ft	ASPH	left
16	158.7°	162.7°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
30	298.1°	302.1°	matches	4,415 ft	ASPH	right
34	338.7°	342.7°	matches	5,001 ft	ASPH	left

What KPWK usually does

Of 2,139 operations this service has observed at KPWK since 2026-08-25:

16 80% 1712 ops
34 16% 345 ops
12 2% 45 ops
30 2% 37 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KPWK ☆ Chicago Exec