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General aviation field

Waukegan National Airport, Chicago.

KUGN · UGN · Chicago/Waukegan, IL — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
6,001 ft
Field elevation
727 ft
Runway-capable types
21 of 24
Coordinates
42.42, -87.87
Passengers
2 passengers

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Waukegan National Airport's 6,001 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. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. Chicago's published corridors start 22 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 ~2,708–3,372 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,708 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,372 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,249–3,780 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,484 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,249 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,780 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,280 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,638–5,569 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,658 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,142 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,569 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,638 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,820–4,940 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,820 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,854 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,915 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,940 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,915 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,777–5,835 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,835 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,329 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,722 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,777 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,252 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~5,926 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,926 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,039 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

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