KPWK Chicago Exec

PROBABLE 67%

Runway 16 — 2 aircraft used 16 in the last 7 minutes

No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency.

certainty: 67% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 210° true at 5 kt · VFR · 35 min old · from KDPA (20.3 nm away)

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16 66% 5001 ft · 3 kt head, 4 kt x-right

30 13% 4415 ft · 0 kt head, 5 kt x-left · right traffic

12 13% 4415 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 5 kt x-right

34 8% 5001 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 4 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 12 until 10-23 20:30Z

RWY 12 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 34 until 11-09 23:59Z

RWY 34 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 16

ADSB_OP N517PT landed 16 0 min ago +0.80
ADSB_OP aircraft landed 16 7 min ago +0.59
WIND 3 kt headwind, 4 kt right crosswind 35 min ago +0.16

Runway 30

WIND 0 kt headwind, 5 kt left crosswind 35 min ago -0.04

Runway 12

WIND 0 kt headwind, 5 kt right crosswind 35 min ago -0.06

Runway 34

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 4 kt left crosswind 35 min ago -0.61

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	35 min	Nearest station KDPA (20.3 nm away)
ADSB	OK	0 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

time	aircraft	type	op	rwy	conf
12:26Z	N517PT	SR20	landing	16	37%
12:20Z	aircraft	C172	landing	16	37%

Was this right?

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 2,589 operations this service has observed at KPWK since 2026-08-25:

16 80% 2082 ops
34 16% 415 ops
12 2% 46 ops
30 2% 46 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