Mattoon and Charleston, Illinois · Chauffeured transportation
Mattoon & Charleston Limo Service & Car Service
A car at the residence hall door or the factory gate, and the interstate handed over.
Coles County travels as one town in two halves: a university in Charleston, manufacturing and Interstate 57 in Mattoon, and a regional hospital on Route 16 between them. Most bookings are a run to Willard, Indianapolis or Lambert, a campus arrival or a group heading out together.
- 2004Chauffeured since
- 45 minColes County to CMI
- UniformedChauffeurs on every run
- One quoteCovers the whole vehicle
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Chauffeured since 2004Dispatch answers around the clockUniformed chauffeursOne quote for the whole vehicle
Airports from Mattoon and Charleston
Which field should a Coles County trip fly out of?
From Coles County the closest airline airport is University of Illinois Willard at Champaign, about 45 minutes up Interstate 57. Decatur is about 55 minutes west, St. Louis Lambert about 2 hours 5 minutes and Indianapolis about 2 hours 15. We drive Mattoon and Charleston travelers to every one of them.
Both halves of the county feed the same roads, so the figures below hold whether you start on Broadway in Mattoon or Lincoln Avenue in Charleston. Each one assumes clear pavement all the way to the gate.
Twenty-one fields sit inside about three and a half hours of Coles County, and none of the figures above carries traffic in it.
Pick the field on the fare, and the price still buys the whole vehicle.
Where we pick up in Mattoon and Charleston
The addresses a Coles County trip starts at
The county’s own description is agriculture and industry, with a university on one side and manufacturing on the other. A chauffeur collects at the door of any of the places below, in either town.
Campus and college
University and community college pickups
Eastern Illinois University600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, a compact 320-acre campus. Move-in, parents weekends and visiting lecturers all arrive by air.See the pageLake Land College5001 Lake Land Boulevard, Mattoon, serving 24 school districts across Central Illinois.See the pageMedicine
The hospital between the two towns
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center1000 Health Center Drive, on Route 16 between Charleston and Mattoon, and one of the county’s largest employers by the county’s own account.See the pageColes County Courthouse651 Jackson Avenue, Charleston. Attorneys and county business arrive on somebody else’s schedule.See the pageIndustry and the airfield
Plants, offices and the county field
The Mattoon plants and business firmsThe county counts about twenty manufacturing and business firms with heavy employment around Mattoon, and about fifteen around Charleston.See the pageColes County Memorial Airport432 Airport Road, Mattoon, with a 6,501-foot main runway and charter available on the field.See the pageNot on the list? The quote works the same way from any Coles County address.
Request a QuoteCorporate travelEvery place named above was confirmed on its own site, or on the county’s, during September 2026, and appears here as an address we collect from, never as a customer.
Private jets and charter
Private jet and charter flights near Mattoon and Charleston
Coles County has a real airfield of its own with two hard runways and a charter operator on it, and two full service fixed base operators sit within about an hour for the larger tails.
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Coles County Memorial is the field in town
The airport publishes runways of 6,501 by 150 feet and 5,800 by 100 feet, names Coles County Aviation as its fixed base operator and says charter flights are available through it.
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The bigger tails use Willard or Decatur
Both lobbies below are full service and neither is much more than an hour from either town. Pickup happens at the general aviation entrance instead of the airline terminal.
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Flight crew and passengers, handled together
A crew wanting a room and passengers wanting a campus or a plant ride on one booking, in one vehicle or two.
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One Sprinter for everyone off the aircraft
Eight or ten people off a jet with hard cases ride in one Sprinter. A bigger group moves to a coach, and the quote is still for the whole vehicle.
The FBO doors closest to Coles County
- Flightstar7 Airport Road, Savoy, Illinois 61874The full-service fixed base operator Willard names on its own general aviation page, with fuel, maintenance and its own guest and ramp services. Flightstar also lists United States Customs support, which matters if your aircraft is arriving from outside the country.
- Gaitros Aviation, LLC790 South Airport Rd, Decatur, Illinois 62521The fixed base operator on the Decatur field, listed on the airport’s own tenant page for aircraft servicing and maintenance. Gaitros publishes staffed hours from 5 a.m. on weekdays and a call-out number outside them, which is what a late charter needs.
Send the tail number, the operator and the scheduled slot, and say whether you are landing at Mattoon, Champaign or Decatur. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Executive Transportation is a ground transportation company. The car meets the aircraft.
Request a QuoteCall (217) 523-5466Private jet shuttle
Why be driven
Four reasons Coles County riders hand over the keys
A campus town and a factory town share one set of roads out, and every one of them is long enough to matter at five in the morning.
Interstate 57 is not yours to watch
The Champaign and Chicago runs both ride I-57, and the freight and the weather on it are somebody else’s problem from the back seat.
Move-in and parents’ weekend arrive at once
A campus weekend fills three airports and one town. One booking handles the whole arrival pattern and repeats it in reverse.
The Lambert leg becomes desk time
Coles County to Lambert is about two hours in each direction, which is a briefing read or a long nap if somebody else is steering.
The price does not count heads
Coles County trips are quoted by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum stated up front, so a family or a team rides on one figure.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Popular runs from Mattoon and Charleston
The runs Coles County books most
Willard is the quick one and the hubs are the long ones. Executive Transportation drives Coles County to Willard, to Indianapolis and to St. Louis Lambert on one booking, with the luggage staying where you put it.
Dispatch wants the outbound and the return flight numbers with their scheduled times, and a phone call the moment an airline moves one of them.
Worth reading first: the Champaign to Chicago options, what Indianapolis parking really costs and the drive down to Lambert.
Depart through one field and land back at another; it stays a single Coles County reservation.
The fleet
Fleet for Coles County runs
Trips out of Mattoon and Charleston are quoted for the vehicle, so the headcount and the checked bags settle the choice. Tell a coordinator who is riding.
Executive Sedan
One or two riders on the 45-minute run up to Willard.
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Luxury SUV
A student move with real luggage, or four colleagues and their cases.
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Sprinter Van
A visiting team or a campus group, with room to stand while bags go in.
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Groups of 15 to 35
Athletic squads, association boards and campus weekends. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachA uniformed chauffeur drives every one of them, and a stretch limousine fills the 8 to 10-seat gap.
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Book a chauffeur in Coles County
Book a chauffeur in Mattoon or Charleston.
Send the Coles County address, the field you are flying from and how many are riding. A coordinator sizes the vehicle, assigns the chauffeur and sets the pickup against your departure time.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
What riders say about drives this long
Executive Transportation saved the day after another bus company fell through last minute.
The scheduling process was seamless, and the timely pickup from Bloomington airport made my journey stress-free.
Our group of 7 needed a ride from Chicago O’Hare to Springfield. The vehicle was clean and comfortable.
Manufacturers around Mattoon move visiting engineers and customers through three airports, and corporate airport transfers are arranged one trip or one calendar at a time.
Campus weekends in Charleston arrive in waves rather than all at once, which is what event transportation is built around.
Coles County questions
What Mattoon and Charleston riders ask
The answers below use the calibrated drive times we build Coles County schedules from, and the addresses each institution publishes itself.
How much notice do you need for a car in Mattoon or Charleston?
Executive Transportation prefers about 72 hours’ notice for a Coles County airport run and roughly a week for a group of fifteen or more. Dispatch answers at any hour, and short-notice trips come down to which vehicles are open around the university calendar.
Call (217) 523-5466 or request a quote.
Do you pick up at my door in Mattoon and Charleston?
Yes. Executive Transportation collects at the address you give in either town, from a house in Mattoon to a residence hall on Lincoln Avenue, the hospital drive on Route 16 or the courthouse on Jackson Avenue. Bags go into the car wherever you happen to be standing.
See how airport transportation works.
Which airport is closest to Mattoon and Charleston?
University of Illinois Willard Airport at Champaign, code CMI, is the closest airline airport at about 45 minutes and 44 miles up Interstate 57. Decatur Airport is about 55 minutes west, and both Springfield and Bloomington are about 1 hour 35.
See the Willard CMI car service page.
How long does it take to get from Coles County to Lambert, and to Indianapolis?
Executive Transportation schedules Mattoon and Charleston to St. Louis Lambert at about 138 miles and 2 hours 5 minutes on clear roads, and to Indianapolis at about 137 miles and 2 hours 15. Indianapolis sits on Eastern time, so the clock jumps forward an hour on the way over.
See the Indianapolis car service page.
Which towns around Mattoon and Charleston do you serve?
Executive Transportation picks up across Coles County and the towns around it, including Charleston, Humboldt, Neoga, Arcola and Sullivan, and from any farm address between them. Pricing keys off the address you give and the vehicle it takes, not a ring somebody drew on a county map.
See every city we cover on the service area page.
Which vehicle should a group leaving Coles County book?
Executive Transportation prices the whole car rather than each rider. A pair or a trio fits the executive sedan, five or six the luxury SUV, as many as fourteen a Sprinter van, and anything from fifteen to thirty-five a shuttle or limousine coach. A campus group of a dozen usually lands on the Sprinter.
Compare them on the fleet page.
Do you pick up private jet and charter passengers near Mattoon?
Yes. Coles County Memorial Airport on Airport Road has a 6,501-foot runway and names Coles County Aviation as its fixed base operator, and Flightstar at Willard and Gaitros Aviation at Decatur cover the larger tails. The chauffeur waits at the FBO door.
Tell us the tail number when you book the chauffeur.
Can you cover an Eastern Illinois University move-in or a parents’ weekend?
Yes. A campus weekend in Charleston arrives through Willard, Indianapolis and Lambert on the same afternoon, so the schedule matters more than the vehicle. We hold a vehicle against your arrival pattern and run it in reverse at the end of the weekend.
See event transportation.
Keep reading
Near Coles County, and what to read next
The cities on either side of Mattoon and Charleston, the airports they fly from, and the services behind both.
Cities near Coles County
The neighboring towns with pages of their own.
Airports Coles County flies from
The four these towns book most.
Services and corporate
What sits behind a Coles County booking.
Book the ride
Request your Mattoon or Charleston ride
Three things Coles County riders say made the difference.
A single figure with the vehicle in it
Quoted by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum stated up front, so a coordinator plans the slow stretches of I-57 into the hours.
Timed back from the bag drop cut-off
Bag drop shuts a long while before the aircraft pushes back, so the schedule starts at that cut-off and adds the drive and a cushion on top of it.
Dispatch answers day and night
Dawn departures and midnight returns fill most of the Coles County calendar, and a live voice answers either one.
Photo credits
- The Coles County Courthouse on the square in Charleston, Illinois, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0, source.