PWK SatelliteFAA-certificated Part 141 pilot school in Wheeling, Illinois

PWK Satellite is listed by the FAA as a certificated 14 CFR Part 141 pilot school at 1258 Palatine Frontage Rd in Wheeling, Illinois 60090, under air agency certificate XABS053K with location designator XA3S. The same certificate covers 2 FAA-listed locations, so this page describes the Wheeling site only; the 1 other location is listed below. The address falls in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area.

The nearest public-use airport in the FAA's NASR database (effective 6 August 2026) is Chicago Executive (KPWK) at Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, a towered field at 645 ft elevation, 0.9 mile from the school's listed address. The listed address is on or beside the airfield, which is the usual arrangement for a Part 141 operation flying from its own ramp. The Census geocoder could not match the FAA street address to a rooftop, so this distance is measured from the 60090 ZIP-code centroid and is approximate. It is the only public-use airport within 10 miles of the address.

Within 100 miles the FAA lists at least five other Part 141 locations; the closest is College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, IL at 21 miles, followed by Illinois Aviation Academy, LLC in Chicago at 22 miles. Illinois has 15 FAA-listed Part 141 locations in this snapshot, ranking #15 of 51 states and territories, with the largest clusters in Centralia (2), Belleville (1) and Chicago (1).

The FAA record carries no agency phone, email or website for this location, so contact details have to come from the school directly. Certification under Part 141 means the FAA has approved the school's training course outlines, facilities and chief-instructor arrangements and inspects them; it is not a quality ranking, and it does not by itself mean the school is VA-approved for GI Bill funding or accredited for federal student aid.