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General aviation field

Lewis University Airport, Chicago.

KLOT · LOT · Chicago/Romeoville, IL — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
6,500 ft
Field elevation
679 ft
Runway-capable types
23 of 24
Coordinates
41.61, -88.10
Passengers
2 passengers

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Lewis University Airport's 6,500 ft of runway is longer than most of the 69 jet-capable fields in Illinois, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 23 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 1. Chicago's published corridors start 37 miles from this field.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.

Runway

What can operate here

Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.

This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.

  • Turboprop

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,704–3,367 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,704 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,367 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,245–3,774 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,479 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,245 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,774 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,275 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,633–5,561 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,653 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,135 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,561 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,633 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,813–4,933 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,813 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,847 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,908 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,933 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,908 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,770–5,826 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,826 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,321 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,714 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,770 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,245 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~5,918–6,427 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,918 ft here
    • Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,427 ft here
    • Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~6,030 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,608 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.