Airport runs, page by page

Popular Routes: Chauffeured Airport Runs Across Central Illinois

Both ends of the trip, the miles between them, and the hour to be ready.

Most of this work is one of four runs: north to Chicago O’Hare, across to Chicago Midway, southwest to St. Louis Lambert, or east to Indianapolis. Two more are airport to airport, O’Hare to Midway and Lambert to O’Hare, for the itinerary that changes fields halfway through. Each page below carries the distance, the clear road drive time, where the run slows and what hour a pickup has to start for an early departure.

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The mileage and the drive time on each card are the clear road figures this site publishes everywhere, so treat them as a floor rather than a promise. Open a page and it carries the road itself, the stretch that lengthens in a weekday peak, the pickup hour worked backward from a real departure, and an honest comparison against the train and against driving yourself.

To Chicago O’Hare

5 runs

Five pages end at the world’s busiest connecting hub, and the Chicago approach is the variable on every one of them.

Bloomington-Normal to O’Hare131 miabout 2 hr 15 minI-55 north out of the Twin Cities, then the tollway approach.Champaign-Urbana to O’Hare155 miabout 2 hr 35 minI-57 to I-294, with the campus calendar shaping the pickup hour.Peoria to O’Hare172 miabout 2 hr 50 minEast to I-55 or up I-39, whichever the departure time favors.Springfield to O’Hare201 miabout 3 hr 27 minThe longest of the four Illinois runs and the most often booked.St. Louis Lambert to O’Hare306 miabout 4 hr 45 minHub to hub by road when a connection changes cities.

To Chicago Midway

2 runs

Midway is the smaller Chicago field and the shorter walk, and one of these two runs never leaves the metro.

O’Hare to Midway25 miabout 40 minAcross the city with the cases staying where you put them.Springfield to Midway189 miabout 3 hr 10 minI-55 to the Stevenson, finishing at the departures level.

To St. Louis Lambert

5 runs

For the western half of the area Lambert is the nearer big hub, and these five pages say so plainly.

Jacksonville to Lambert90 miabout 1 hr 30 minThe shortest run on this page, most of it on I-72 and I-270.Springfield to Lambert107 miabout 1 hr 40 minDown I-55 to the Chain of Rocks and in from the north.Quincy to Lambert130 miabout 2 hr 10 minOver the Mississippi early, then US 61 through northeast Missouri.Decatur to Lambert133 miabout 2 hr 20 minSouthwest on state highways to I-55 rather than west first.Peoria to Lambert182 miabout 2 hr 45 minA genuine coin flip against Chicago, settled by the fare.

To Indianapolis

2 runs

Indianapolis is the eastern hub, and the drive is flatter and quieter than either Chicago approach.

Champaign-Urbana to Indianapolis131 miabout 2 hr 5 minI-74 the whole way, with the terminal loop at the far end.Springfield to Indianapolis206 miabout 3 hr 10 minI-72 across to Champaign, then I-74 into Indiana.

Not the pair you need

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A route page is one city paired with one airport. When your pair is not here, the two hubs below get you to the same answer from either direction.

Airports we driveEvery airport with a page of its own, from the Chicago and St. Louis hubs to the regional Illinois fields.Cities we serveEach city page prints its own airports closest first, its pickup points and the towns around it.Airport-to-Airport TransfersWhen the connection moves cities, one vehicle carries the party and the cases between the two fields.

Longer interstate runs and multi-stop days are built trip by trip with a reservation coordinator, because the departure time decides how the day is put together.

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Name both ends, and we will name the hour to be ready.

Give a reservation coordinator the pickup address, the flight and the headcount. They confirm the vehicle, the chauffeur and the pickup time, and the quote covers the whole car rather than a seat in it.

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Questions

What callers ask about a route

How is a route priced?

Executive Transportation quotes every route by the hour: an hourly rate for the vehicle and chauffeur, with the minimum number of hours stated up front in the written quote. The mileage and drive time on each page are planning facts that set the hours; the vehicle, the pickup hour and whether you need one leg or both shape the figure from there. One quote covers the whole vehicle, not a seat. Send the trip details for a figure on your dates.

Can I book a run that is not on this list?

Yes. These fourteen pages are the pairs asked for most often, not the limit of the roster. Any city on the service area list to any airport on the airport list is an ordinary booking, and so is a run that starts or finishes at an address with no page at all, because a quote follows the address rather than a zone map. Name both ends on the contact page or call.

What happens if my flight time changes?

Give a reservation coordinator the flight number and the scheduled arrival when you book, and call dispatch the moment the airline moves it. Somebody answers around the clock, so a rescheduled landing is handled by a phone call rather than a missed pickup, and the chauffeur is told before you land. Dispatch is on (217) 523-5466.

Do you drive airport to airport?

Yes, and two of the pages above are exactly that: O’Hare to Midway across Chicago, and St. Louis Lambert to O’Hare when an itinerary changes cities. The party and the cases stay in one vehicle for the whole transfer instead of moving through a second check-in line. See airport to airport transfers.

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Three things riders on these runs tell us made the difference.

Both ends go on the reservation
The pickup address and the airport are taken at booking, so nobody is reading a street name aloud at five in the morning.
The vehicle is quoted once
Two riders or fourteen, the figure follows the vehicle and the hours the run takes. A group splits one fare rather than buying a seat apiece.
The return leg is the same reservation
Book the run out and the run home together and the landing is already covered, with the flight number on file.

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