Though you may be leagues away from the “Windy City,” evoJets puts Chicago right in your backyard.Let us fly you direct to any of the area’s four airports, in maximum speed, comfort, and luxury. Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, and is known as a hub for transportation, telecommunication, industry, and infrastructure. Three major financial and futures exchanges are based there—the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The city’s enormous McCormick Place is the third largest convention center in the world.When you’re not tied up with business, there are countless attractions and entertainment possibilities in Chicago. Many of them are hosted at Navy Pier and its boardwalk, including a 150-foot Ferris wheel, endless dining and shopping locations, and boat and segway tours. Another entertainment plaza is Millennium Park, where visitors can enjoy the fabulous art, music, architecture, landscaping, and in winter, ice skating too.
Great views abound throughout Chicago. While there are numerous city tour options, visitors may also be interested in exploring the 29 miles of lakefront paths, or gazing down from about 100 stories high in Skydeck Chicago in the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) or the Hancock Observatory.Other Chicago sights are found at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Garfield Park Observatory and Lincoln Park Observatory, The Joffrey Ballet, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, and several Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. The city also has numerous golf courses and options for fishing and yacht excursions.Chicago has nearly 700 hotels, ranging from economy to the posh and luxuriant. A few of the top tier accommodations include Four Seasons Chicago, Trump International Chicago, The Ritz-Carlton, The Peninsula Chicago, Fairmont Chicago, The Drake, Conrad Chicago, and the Park Hyatt.There are two major airports in the Chicago area—Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD, KORD) and Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW, KMDW). O’Hare is located about 17 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop, and is the second busiest airport in the world. Midway is 8 miles southwest of the Chicago Loop. Signature Flight Support has a fixed base operator (FBO) location at both airports. Midway also has two other FBOs, Atlantic Aviation and Million Air, for all your corporate aviation, crew, and passenger needs.A third, “reliever” airport for O’Hare is Waukegan Regional Airport (UGN, KUGN), which is located in Waukegan, IL, about 35 miles north of Chicago. Due to the high amounts of commercial traffic at O’Hare, many private, business, executive, corporate, and governmental aircraft choose to operate out of Waukegan when flying to and from Chicago. The airport has one FBO, DB Aviation, which offers the usual services as well as two conference rooms and a cozy “living room” type lounge complete with fireplace and refreshments.About 38 miles northwest of the central business district of Chicago is another small reliever airport—Lake In The Hills Airport (3CK). It is owned by the village of Lake in the Hills, and Northern Illinois Flight Center is the airport’s single FBO.Weather in Chicago is mild to warm in the summer, with temperatures in the 70s. The warmest month is July, with an average maximum temperature of 84.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The area’s winters are very cold, typically in the 20s, and the coldest month of the year is January, which has an average minimum temperature of 18.3 degrees. Chicago’s wettest month is June, with an average rainfall of 4.3 inches, and the city’s annual average precipitation is 38.01 inches.
The city of DeKalb, IL, is about 60 minutes away from Chicago. While offering its own business and vacation possibilities, this town also provides an alternate, not-too-distant option for accessing Chicago or escaping its hustle and bustle.Some key attractions in DeKalb include the Regional History Center at NIU, Ellwood House Museum, J.F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center, Gurler House, Stone Mill Museum, Egyptian Theatre, Sandwich Opera House, DeKalb Heritage Square, and the Sycamore History Association. DeKalb also has numerous parks and golf courses for your recreation and relaxation.DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (DKB, KDKB) is a general aviation airport located two miles east of DeKalb, and about 60 miles west of Chicago. The airport’s FBO is called DeKalb Aviation.
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