Gary, Indiana · Private and charter ground transportation
Gary/Chicago International Airport (GYY) Car Service
The quiet way into the region, and a car standing at the jet center door.
Gary/Chicago calls itself the region’s hub for business and cargo aviation: two jet centers, customs on the field and a runway the airport describes as nearly 9,000 feet, with no airline concourse in the way. Executive Transportation meets the aircraft at whichever operator you use and quotes the whole vehicle.
- 2004Chauffeured since
- 24/7Dispatch answers
- Two FBOsWe drive to both
- One quoteFor the whole vehicle
Why riders book Executive Transportation
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Know the airport
What to know about Gary/Chicago International
Gary/Chicago International Airport, code GYY, sits on the Indiana side of the lake and bills itself as the region’s hub for business and cargo aviation. Its own pages describe general aviation, corporate, commercial and cargo users, and name no scheduled passenger airline. What a car needs to know is which of the two jet centers your flight is using.
Two operators, both on Airport Road
The airport names Gary Jet Center and B. Coleman Aviation as its fixed base operators. Gary Jet Center publishes a glass-walled lobby seating 45, crew rooms and five acres of ramp; B. Coleman sits further along the same road with fuel, hangars and maintenance. Tell us which one is holding your flight and that is the door the vehicle waits at.
Customs is on the field
The airport says its United States Customs facilities are staffed and equipped on site, and that clearance needs 24 hours’ notice. For an international charter that is the difference between clearing where you land and being routed somewhere busier first. Tell dispatch if you are arriving from abroad so the pickup allows for the clearance.
A big runway with nothing lining up for it
The airport describes a primary runway of nearly 9,000 feet, which is long enough for most of what corporate aviation flies, and it markets itself as an alternative to the two Chicago airline fields. The practical effect on the ground is that arrivals are unhurried: nobody is waiting for a gate.
The Indiana side keeps Chicago’s clock
Gary is in the northwest corner of Indiana, which runs on Central time rather than the Eastern time most of the state uses. It sounds like trivia until a crew quotes an arrival time and somebody books a car an hour out. We take the time as the crew gives it and confirm the zone with you.
Airport, customs and operator details checked on the airport’s own site, flygyy.com, on September 17, 2026, and the operator addresses on garyjetcenter.com and b-coleman.com the same day. Anything time sensitive is worth confirming with whoever arranged the flight.
Gary/Chicago ground transportation
Ramp-side departures and arrivals
Two short journeys, neither of which involves a concourse.
Departures
Your door to the jet center
- Tell us the operator and the timeGary Jet Center or B. Coleman, the tail number, and the hour the crew wants you there. Dispatch holds the vehicle on those three things.
- The crew’s time sets the pickupThere is no check-in advice to obey on a private departure, so we start from the time you were given and count backward, adding a cushion for the run east and the ring of the metropolitan area.
- Luggage is handled at both endsCases, kit and sample boxes are worth naming when you book, so the vehicle that arrives is the one that swallows them rather than the smallest one that seats the party.
- Set down at the operator’s entranceThe car stops at the jet center your flight is leaving from. Where the operator allows a vehicle onto the ramp, the drop happens at the aircraft instead.
Arrivals
Wheels down to the car
- Send the tail number and the arrivalThose two details are what the car waits on. If the flight moves, call dispatch: the phone is answered at any hour, which matters on a field where arrivals are not on a published schedule.
- The chauffeur is already parkedHe waits at the operator’s entrance rather than circling a terminal roadway, because there is no terminal roadway to circle.
- Customs first, if you are coming from abroadThe airport clears international arrivals on the field with 24 hours’ notice. Say so when you book and the pickup is built around the clearance rather than the touchdown.
- Bags in, and out to the meetingWhere the ramp allows a vehicle, the luggage never enters a building. Where it does not, the handoff happens in the lobby and costs a minute.
Private jets and charter
Private jet and charter flights at Gary/Chicago
Business and charter aviation is what this airport is for, and the ground side should match it. Executive Transportation drives to both jet centers, carries crew alongside passengers, and quotes the whole vehicle by the hour rather than the seat.
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Straight from the lobby to the car
Your chauffeur waits at the operator’s entrance with the vehicle and plate already sent to you. There is no concourse to walk, no lane to be assigned and no wait at a carousel, because none of those things exist here.
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Where a vehicle can go on the ramp, it does
Both operators run their own ramps, and where a vehicle is permitted on one we load and unload at the aircraft steps. Where it is not, the transfer happens inside the building and takes a minute longer.
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Two destinations, one reservation
The crew wants a hotel and the passengers want a boardroom, usually at the same hour. One reservation covers both, in one vehicle or two, so nobody is left on the apron waiting for a car to return.
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A Sprinter or a coach for the group
Fourteen seats with a stand-up aisle takes a full charter and its cases in one move. Delegations arriving on more than one aircraft go into a coach. It stays one quote for the vehicle.
The two operators at Gary/Chicago
- Gary Jet Center6101 Airport Road, Gary, Indiana 46406The larger of the two, with a glass-walled lobby it says seats 45, crew rooms, 110,000 square feet of heated hangar and five acres of ramp. Published number, (219) 944-1210.
- B. Coleman Aviation5701 Airport Road, Gary, Indiana 46406The second operator the airport names, further along Airport Road, with fuel, hangars, charter and maintenance. Published number, (219) 750-1508.
Send the tail number, the operator and the scheduled arrival when you book, and say if you are clearing customs. Dispatch does not keep office hours. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Executive Transportation is a ground transportation company. We drive to the aircraft, we do not charter it.
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Why be driven
Why the ground leg deserves the same care as the flight
Choosing a quieter field saves the time an airline terminal takes. Leaving the ground leg to chance is how that saving gets spent again on the apron.
One quote for the vehicle
The vehicle and chauffeur are quoted by the hour, with a minimum stated up front, and the hours are built around the interstate the run uses. Everyone off the aircraft travels on one figure.
The car is at the right operator
Two jet centers sit on the same road, and the wrong one costs exactly the minutes the aircraft saved. We take the operator name at booking.
Time you can actually use
Calls, a briefing, or nothing at all. The run back across the state line is not worth doing from behind your own wheel after a flight.
Chauffeurs used to ramps
This company has been driving general aviation pickups since 2004. Chauffeurs arrive uniformed and early, and they know an FBO apron keeps its own rules.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
The fleet
Fleet for this run
Every Gary/Chicago transfer is quoted by the hour for the whole vehicle, so the question is simply what came off the aircraft. Tell a coordinator who is aboard and how many cases came with them.
Executive Sedan
One or two passengers with carry-ons, which covers most light jet arrivals.
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Luxury SUV
Five or six with real luggage, and the usual answer for a midsize cabin.
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Sprinter Van
A whole charter in one vehicle, with room to stand while the cases go in.
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Groups of 15 to 35
Delegations on more than one aircraft. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35, limousine coaches 25 to 30.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachEvery vehicle arrives with a uniformed chauffeur, and a stretch limousine seats 8 to 10 when an arrival is meant to be noticed.
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Where our Gary/Chicago runs start
Executive Transportation drives to Gary from across Central Illinois and back again, on one quote for the whole vehicle. These are the cities the Gary/Chicago work starts in most, usually with a company aircraft waiting at the far end.
The figures below are clear-road drives to the field. Book against the flight rather than the drive: we work the pickup backward from the time the crew gives you, and the approaches around the south end of the lake run slow at the peaks.
Each figure is a calibrated clear-road drive, cross-checked against Travelmath. Treat each as the best case rather than a promise. We also collect from Danville, Lincoln, Taylorville and anywhere between them.
One vehicle, one quote, from any of these cities.
Book your Gary/Chicago transfer
Book Gary with a uniformed chauffeur.
Tell a coordinator the tail number, the operator and who is aboard. They confirm the vehicle, the chauffeur and the time, and one quote covers everyone in the car.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Airport to airport
Popular transfers between Gary/Chicago and other airports
Arriving on a charter and leaving on a scheduled flight is a normal week for a lot of our riders. We drive the gap between the two fields in one vehicle, with the luggage untouched.
Each card is the drive between Gary/Chicago and the airport named, in either direction. Send both sets of flight details and both scheduled times when you book, and call dispatch if either one moves.
Clear-road figures. The Skyway and the south lake approaches are the variable they do not carry.
One reservation covers both fields and everyone in the car.
What riders say
Three riders, three different runs
Executive Transportation saved the day after another bus company fell through last minute.
Our group of 7 needed a ride from Chicago O’Hare to Springfield. The vehicle was clean and comfortable.
The scheduling process was seamless, and the timely pickup from Bloomington airport made my journey stress-free.
Flight departments and the assistants who schedule them book the ground leg against a calendar rather than one trip at a time, which is what executive chauffeur service is arranged around.
When an aircraft is carrying a group rather than an executive, the ground side is handled as event transportation instead.
Gary/Chicago questions
What people ask before booking a Gary/Chicago car
The answers below use Gary/Chicago International’s own published information, read on flygyy.com in September 2026, and the operators’ own pages.
Where does the chauffeur meet you at Gary/Chicago International?
Executive Transportation meets passengers at the jet center holding the flight: Gary Jet Center or B. Coleman Aviation, both on Airport Road and both named by the airport. The chauffeur stands at that entrance before the aircraft is down, so there is no lane to find and no call to make on the way out.
Call (217) 523-5466 with the tail number and operator.
Do you pick up private jets and charter flights at Gary?
Private, charter and corporate aircraft are effectively the whole passenger side of this airport, and they are the work Executive Transportation does here. We wait at the FBO door, load beside the aircraft where the ramp allows, and carry flight crew and passengers on the same booking rather than sending two cars.
Can you meet an international flight clearing customs at Gary?
Executive Transportation meets international arrivals here, and the airport says its United States Customs facilities are staffed on the field with clearance needing 24 hours’ notice. Tell us you are coming from abroad when you book, and the pickup is built around the clearance rather than around the touchdown.
Call (217) 523-5466 and tell dispatch the origin.
Is Gary in the same time zone as Chicago?
Executive Transportation books these pickups on Central time, because Gary sits in the northwest corner of Indiana, which keeps Chicago’s clock rather than the Eastern time most of the state uses. We take the arrival time as the crew gives it and confirm the zone with you at booking.
Ask dispatch at (217) 523-5466 if the times look odd.
Does Gary/Chicago International have airline flights?
Executive Transportation drives Gary as a business aviation field: the airport calls itself the region’s hub for business and cargo aviation, and its own pages name no scheduled passenger airline. If your ticket is with an airline, that flight leaves from a Chicago field instead, and we drive to those as well.
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Can you drive from Gary to Midway or O’Hare?
Executive Transportation runs Gary to either Chicago airline field, and back, as a single booking in one vehicle. In on a charter and home on a scheduled flight is one of the most common shapes of trip we carry. Send both flights when you book and the timing is built around the pair.
Which vehicle suits an arrival at Gary?
Executive Transportation sends an executive sedan for one or two passengers, a luxury SUV for five or six and its cases, a Sprinter van for a charter of fourteen, and a coach for a delegation of up to thirty-five. Luggage decides it more often than headcount does, so mention the cases.
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How much notice does a Gary pickup need?
Executive Transportation prefers 72 hours’ notice for a Gary pickup, and about a week when a coach is involved. Short notice is still worth a call, since it depends on what is free that day. Dispatch answers 24 hours a day, which is what matters when a flight plan shifts late.
Call (217) 523-5466 or request a quote.
Keep reading
More on Gary/Chicago and the fields around it
Related reading, the other airports around the lake, and the services this run belongs to.
From the blog
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- Conference Transportation: An Event Planner’s PlaybookKeeping a group together from the ramp to the venue.
- What Is a Chauffeur? Chauffeur vs. Driver, ExplainedWhy the uniform is not decoration.
- How Much Does a Charter Bus Cost in Illinois?Where a group stops fitting in vans.
- Midway Parking Cost and Terminal Guide From Central ILThe nearest airline field, in full.
Airports near Gary/Chicago
The other fields around the south end of the lake.
- MDWChicago MidwayThe nearest airline field, across the line.
- ORDChicago O’HareFour terminals, and the international schedule.
- PWKChicago ExecutiveWheeling, with three operators.
- DPADuPage AirportThe western suburbs, and another corporate field.
- SPIAbraham Lincoln CapitalThe Illinois end of most of these runs.
Service and corporate
The services a Gary run belongs to.
Book the ride
Request your Gary/Chicago ride
Three things riders mention after a Gary pickup.
The car is at the right jet center
Two operators share one road. We take the name at booking so nobody walks between them with luggage.
One car, one number
Quoted by the hour with the minimum stated up front, so everyone off the aircraft rides on one figure.
Dispatch answers when plans move
Charter timings shift late and often. The phone is answered at any hour and the pickup moves with the plan.