A private jet charter to Chicago, one of the United States’ most influential cities, offers efficient access to a global hub of finance, trade, and culture. Business travellers arrive for board meetings and trade shows, while leisure visitors enjoy Michelin-starred dining, renowned museums, and luxury shopping along the Magnificent Mile.
LunaJets arranges flights into Chicago’s three main private jet airports. O’Hare International (ORD) handles intercontinental arrivals and is 30–60 minutes by car from downtown, while Midway (MDW) offers a quicker 20–30-minute drive to the Loop. For travellers preferring a dedicated private aviation hub, Chicago Executive (PWK) combines discretion with full FBO services. From any of these airports, chauffeured transfers ensure smooth access to business districts, lakefront residences, or exclusive golf courses such as Medinah Country Club. Helicopters also connect directly to the downtown Vertiport in just 8–12 minutes, providing an efficient alternative for time-sensitive travellers.
With two decades of experience, LunaJets was the first European private jet broker to receive Argus® certification, which independently assesses its brokerage practices. In Chicago, this expertise ensures smooth arrivals during major events such as the Chicago Auto Show or Lollapalooza, as well as on-demand last-minute flights across the U.S. and onwards to international destinations.
How much does it cost to charter a private jet to and from Chicago?
From Chicago, the displayed Cessna Citation XLS option to St Louis is estimated at €10,400, with a flight time of 1 hour. The same model to Miami is listed at €19,100, taking around 3 hours. Other aircraft options may be available at lower prices. Contact LunaJets for a quotation for your itinerary and travel dates.
The tables below show indicative one-way, whole-aircraft charter prices for up to 5 of the most frequently flown aircraft models on each route. These estimates include crew, fuel and landing fees. Every quotation from LunaJets is fixed and all-inclusive, with no hidden charges.
Private jet charter prices to and from Chicago
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EUR estimates calculated on 1 October 2026.
| Route | Estimated flight time | Aircraft model | Category | Seats | Guide price (EUR) | Guide price (GBP) | Guide price (CHF) | Guide price (USD) | Guide price (AED) | Action |
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| Chicago to or from New York | 2h 00m |  Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €15,000 | £12,700 | CHF 14,000 | $16,800 | AED 61,700 | |
| Chicago to or from New York | 2h 00m |  Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €16,000 | £13,500 | CHF 14,900 | $17,900 | AED 65,800 | |
| Chicago to or from New York | 1h 55m |  Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €18,100 | £15,300 | CHF 16,900 | $20,300 | AED 74,600 | |
| Chicago to or from New York | 1h 55m |  Gulfstream GIV-SP | Super midsize jet | 13-14 | €23,300 | £19,700 | CHF 21,600 | $26,000 | AED 95,600 | |
| Chicago to or from New York | 1h 55m |  Gulfstream G550 | Long range jet | 12-16 | €25,800 | £21,900 | CHF 24,100 | $28,900 | AED 106,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Washington DC | 1h 40m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €13,600 | £11,500 | CHF 12,700 | $15,300 | AED 56,100 | |
| Chicago to or from Washington DC | 1h 40m |  Embraer Phenom 300 | Super light jet | 6-8 | €13,800 | £11,700 | CHF 12,900 | $15,500 | AED 56,900 | |
| Chicago to or from Washington DC | 1h 45m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €15,700 | £13,200 | CHF 14,600 | $17,500 | AED 64,400 | |
| Chicago to or from Washington DC | 1h 40m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €18,000 | £15,200 | CHF 16,700 | $20,100 | AED 73,900 | |
| Chicago to or from Washington DC | 1h 35m |  Gulfstream G650 | Long range jet | 11-18 | €27,700 | £23,400 | CHF 25,800 | $30,900 | AED 113,800 | |
| Chicago to or from Omaha, NE | 1h 25m |  Hawker 400XP | Light jet | 7 | €9,600 | £8,100 | CHF 9,000 | $10,800 | AED 39,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Omaha, NE | 1h 20m |  Cessna Citation Encore+ | Light jet | 7 | €10,400 | £8,800 | CHF 9,700 | $11,700 | AED 43,000 | |
| Chicago to or from Omaha, NE | 1h 20m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €12,200 | £10,300 | CHF 11,400 | $13,600 | AED 50,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Omaha, NE | 1h 15m |  Bombardier Learjet 45XR | Super light jet | 8 | €12,600 | £10,700 | CHF 11,700 | $14,100 | AED 52,000 | |
| Chicago to or from Omaha, NE | 1h 20m |  Bombardier Challenger 650 | Large jet | 10 | €18,700 | £15,800 | CHF 17,400 | $20,900 | AED 76,900 | |
| Chicago to or from Miami | 3h 00m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €19,100 | £16,100 | CHF 17,800 | $21,300 | AED 78,500 | |
| Chicago to or from Miami | 2h 55m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €20,500 | £17,300 | CHF 19,000 | $22,900 | AED 84,100 | |
| Chicago to or from Miami | 2h 50m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €23,200 | £19,600 | CHF 21,600 | $25,900 | AED 95,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Miami | 2h 55m | Gulfstream G550 | Long range jet | 12-16 | €32,700 | £27,700 | CHF 30,400 | $36,600 | AED 134,400 | |
| Chicago to or from Miami | 2h 50m |  Bombardier Global 6000 | Long range jet | 13 | €34,600 | £29,300 | CHF 32,200 | $38,700 | AED 142,300 | |
| Chicago to or from Palm Beach | 2h 55m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €19,900 | £16,900 | CHF 18,600 | $22,300 | AED 82,000 | |
| Chicago to or from Palm Beach | 2h 45m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €20,000 | £16,900 | CHF 18,600 | $22,300 | AED 82,000 | |
| Chicago to or from Palm Beach | 2h 50m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €23,500 | £19,900 | CHF 21,900 | $26,300 | AED 96,700 | |
| Chicago to or from Palm Beach | 2h 50m |  Gulfstream G450 | Super large jet | 14 | €30,100 | £25,400 | CHF 28,000 | $33,600 | AED 123,500 | |
| Chicago to or from Palm Beach | 2h 40m |  Dassault Falcon 7X | Long range jet | 12-16 | €31,200 | £26,400 | CHF 29,000 | $34,900 | AED 128,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Nashville | 1h 20m | Hawker 400XP | Light jet | 7 | €9,600 | £8,100 | CHF 9,000 | $10,800 | AED 39,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Nashville | 1h 15m |  Bombardier Learjet 60XR | Midsize jet | 7 | €12,000 | £10,200 | CHF 11,200 | $13,500 | AED 49,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Nashville | 1h 20m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €12,100 | £10,300 | CHF 11,300 | $13,600 | AED 50,000 | |
| Chicago to or from Nashville | 1h 20m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €12,300 | £10,400 | CHF 11,400 | $13,800 | AED 50,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Nashville | 1h 15m | Bombardier Learjet 45XR | Super light jet | 8 | €12,500 | £10,500 | CHF 11,600 | $13,900 | AED 51,300 | |
| Chicago to or from Dallas | 2h 10m | Embraer Phenom 300 | Super light jet | 6-8 | €15,900 | £13,400 | CHF 14,800 | $17,700 | AED 65,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Dallas | 2h 10m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €16,300 | £13,800 | CHF 15,200 | $18,300 | AED 67,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Dallas | 2h 00m | Bombardier Learjet 45XR | Super light jet | 8 | €16,400 | £13,900 | CHF 15,300 | $18,400 | AED 67,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Dallas | 2h 05m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €19,500 | £16,500 | CHF 18,200 | $21,800 | AED 80,400 | |
| Chicago to or from Dallas | 2h 20m |  Bombardier Challenger 850 | Super large jet | 14 | €25,100 | £21,200 | CHF 23,300 | $28,000 | AED 103,100 | |
| Chicago to or from St Louis | 1h 05m | Hawker 400XP | Light jet | 7 | €8,600 | £7,300 | CHF 8,000 | $9,700 | AED 35,600 | |
| Chicago to or from St Louis | 1h 00m | Bombardier Learjet 45XR | Super light jet | 8 | €10,000 | £8,400 | CHF 9,300 | $11,200 | AED 41,200 | |
| Chicago to or from St Louis | 1h 00m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €10,400 | £8,800 | CHF 9,700 | $11,700 | AED 43,000 | |
| Chicago to or from St Louis | 1h 00m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €11,300 | £9,600 | CHF 10,500 | $12,600 | AED 46,500 | |
| Chicago to or from St Louis | 1h 00m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €13,700 | £11,600 | CHF 12,700 | $15,300 | AED 56,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Minneapolis | 1h 10m | Cessna Citation XLS | Super light jet | 8 | €11,400 | £9,700 | CHF 10,600 | $12,800 | AED 47,100 | |
| Chicago to or from Minneapolis | 1h 15m | Hawker 900XP | Midsize jet | 8 | €11,700 | £9,900 | CHF 10,900 | $13,100 | AED 48,200 | |
| Chicago to or from Minneapolis | 1h 10m | Bombardier Learjet 45XR | Super light jet | 8 | €11,800 | £10,000 | CHF 11,000 | $13,200 | AED 48,800 | |
| Chicago to or from Minneapolis | 1h 10m |  Cessna Citation X | Super midsize jet | 8 | €14,500 | £12,200 | CHF 13,500 | $16,200 | AED 59,600 | |
| Chicago to or from Minneapolis | 1h 15m | Bombardier Challenger 300 | Super midsize jet | 8 | €14,600 | £12,400 | CHF 13,600 | $16,300 | AED 60,200 |
Private aviation traffic: full-year 2025 statisticsPrivate flights between Chicago and New York
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Private aviation traffic: full-year 2025 statisticsPrivate flights between Chicago and St Louis
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About these prices and flight statistics
Indicative prices cover the whole aircraft for a one-way flight. EUR estimates calculated on 1 October 2026. A final quotation is required for your itinerary. Understand private jet charter pricing ↗
Every quote from LunaJets is a fixed, all-inclusive price covering crew, fuel, and landing fees, with no hidden charges.
Activity data source: LunaJets analysis of ADS-B flight tracking data from January to December 2025. Contains information from adsb.lol, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
How guide prices are calculated
Guide prices: These indicative charter prices are generated by the LunaJets pricing model using historical charter quotations. Prices may be based on an aircraft family represented by the model shown. These estimates use a reference travel date and may differ for your chosen dates. A final quotation is required for your itinerary, travel date and aircraft availability.
EUR pricing estimates: Calculated on 1 October 2026.
Exchange rates checked on 8 October 2026. Reference rates dated 7 October 2026: 1 EUR = 1.1177 USD, 0.84645 GBP, 0.9309 CHF and 4.10475325 AED. Guide prices are rounded down to the nearest 100 units of the displayed currency. ECB UAE central bank
Aircraft selection and estimated flight times
Aircraft selection: The five aircraft models displayed for each route are the most frequently used on that route in the flight records. Flights across the cities’ main airports are combined when selecting them.
Estimated flight times: Flight times are calculated estimates based on route distance, aircraft performance and recorded durations for the same aircraft model or comparable flights. Times are rounded to the nearest 5 minutes and may vary with routing and operating conditions. Flight-time calibration uses records from 2020 through October 2026.
Flight activity: sources and methodology
Activity methodology: LunaJets filters and enriches the recorded flights by matching them to airports, cities and aircraft categories, then aggregating them. Figures cover 1 January to 31 December 2025. The figures include private and business jets, VIP aircraft and turboprops. Helicopters and scheduled airline flights are excluded. The data was generated on 14 October 2026. This generation date is separate from the activity year.
Definitions: A private aviation movement is one recorded departure or arrival at an airport serving a city. A flight between Chicago and another city counts once in Chicago’s route total, whether arriving or departing. A return flight counts as a separate movement. A connected city is a distinct city with at least one qualifying private aviation flight to or from Chicago during 2025. The connected-city count covers the routes included in this dataset, not just those displayed in the table.
Busiest periods: Busiest periods identify a significant seasonal concentration in recorded movements in both directions during 2025. Isolated spikes are filtered out. Year-round means no qualifying seasonal concentration was identified, although activity can vary between months. A classification requires at least 30 annual movements, 99% statistical significance and an average monthly activity rate at least 1.75 times the rest of the year. Single-month periods also require recurrence checks using January to August 2026 records.
What is the best airport for private flights to and from Chicago?
For fast access to downtown Chicago, Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW/KMDW) is a leading choice for private jet travelers. Positioned only 17 km from the Loop, it significantly reduces ground transfer times. The airport's efficient operations and reliable ground services ensure a practical arrival into the Windy City.
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Things to do
The Art Institute of Chicago holds works of art from around the world and across centuries. It offers free daily tours and members-only viewing before general opening. The Chicago Architecture Center runs architectural river cruises aboard First Lady vessels, as well as walking tours through the Astor Street Historic District.
Where to stay
The Langham, Chicago occupies a building designed by Mies van der Rohe and offers the Infinity Suite and Chuan Spa. The Peninsula Chicago has an indoor pool. Its Shanghai Terrace restaurant serves Shanghainese, Cantonese and Sichuanese dishes.
Where to dine
Alinea offers multi-course modernist tasting menus, with dining experiences including the Kitchen Table, The Gallery and The Salon. Oriole occupies a former warehouse entered through a converted freight elevator. It has an open kitchen and serves a tasting menu combining French and Japanese elements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I bring my pet on a private flight to Chicago?
Yes, you can bring pets on a private jet to Chicago. Dogs must be microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, at least 6 months old, and travel with a CDC Dog Import Form. Cats do not need CDC rabies paperwork, but Illinois requires rabies vaccination for both dogs and cats. If your dog has recently been in a high-risk rabies country, arrival must be through an airport with a CDC-registered animal care facility. LunaJets will check all regulations and ensure compliant routing.
What visa or entry requirements apply when flying private into Chicago?
All travellers flying privately to Chicago must comply with U.S. entry rules. Visitors from Visa Waiver Program countries may use ESTA to stay up to 90 days. Travellers from non-VWP countries must secure a B-1/B-2 visa before travel. Passports should be valid for the duration of the visit and include blank pages for stamping. LunaJets will assist in confirming the correct entry documents for your journey.
Are there curfews or restricted operating hours at Chicago airports?
No. Both O’Hare (ORD) and Midway (MDW) operate 24 hours a day. Nearby executive airports like Chicago Executive (PWK) also allow 24/7 operations, though night-time slots may be subject to noise-abatement procedures. LunaJets will confirm availability for your chosen aircraft and schedule.
How far in advance should I book a private jet to Chicago?
A few weeks’ notice is advisable, particularly in summer months and around large events such as the Chicago Air and Water Show in August or major trade fairs. Winter weather can also affect slot availability. LunaJets often arranges flights to Chicago at short notice, even during busy periods.
Which Chicago airport is the most convenient for private jet travellers?
Several airports serve Chicago with private-jet facilities. Chicago Midway (MDW) is closest to downtown and often best for business or quick access. O’Hare (ORD) handles international and large jet traffic with full FBOs and 24/7 operations. Depending on where you are staying or heading, Chicago Executive (PWK) could be less congested and more efficient. LunaJets will look at your final destination and schedule to pick the airport that minimizes travel time.