Pekin, Illinois · Chauffeured transportation
Pekin Limo Service & Car Service
A car at your door in Pekin, and the driving handed to a uniformed chauffeur.
Two trips get booked out of Pekin more than any other: the quarter-hour run up to Peoria International, and the haul to Chicago O’Hare or St. Louis Lambert when the fare is better there. Insurance visitors, hospital travel and family groups fill in the rest.
- 2004Chauffeured since
- 15 minPekin to PIA
- 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 Pekin
Peoria first, or a bigger hub?
From Pekin the closest airline airport is General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International, about 15 minutes and 12 miles out. Bloomington’s Central Illinois Regional is about 50 minutes, St. Louis Lambert about 2 hours 35 minutes and Chicago O’Hare about 3 hours.
Every figure below is measured from Pekin on clear roads, so treat it as a floor.
Twenty-one fields sit within three and a quarter hours of Pekin.
Whichever field wins on price, the quote covers the vehicle.
Where we pick up in Pekin
The addresses Pekin trips actually start at
Car work here starts at three kinds of address: the offices downtown, the hospital campus and the park district grounds.
Offices and county business
Home offices and downtown
Pekin Insurance home office2505 Court Street, a company founded in Pekin in 1921 and now writing in 22 states.See the pageDowntown and the county seatCity Hall at 111 S Capitol Street, plus the Tazewell County seat calendar around it.See the pageMedicine
Hospital and clinical visitors
Carle Health Pekin HospitalAn 85-bed facility in Pekin and part of Carle Health, with visitors arriving from out of state.See the pageAppointments out of townReferrals up the road, where the car waits and brings you home.See the pageParks, arena and events
Tournaments, arena dates and gatherings
Mineral Springs ParkCourt Street at 14th, over 200 acres with a lagoon, a bike trail and the water park.See the pageVeterans Memorial Arena and the Sports ComplexThe park district arena, and an 82-acre complex on Koch and Fifth Street.See the pageEach place above was verified on its own site in September 2026.
Private jets and charter
Private jet and charter flights near Pekin
Plenty of flying near Pekin never touches an airline counter. Charter and corporate aircraft use the general aviation side of Peoria International.
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The car waits at the FBO door
Private passengers leave through the operator’s building, on a different road from the airline doors. The chauffeur is parked there.
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Luggage moved on the ramp itself
Cases go hold to trunk when the operator permits it, and hand to hand at the door when it does not.
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One reservation, two destinations
The crew wants a hotel and the passengers want an office. One booking covers both.
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A van for the arriving delegation
Ten people and their cases fit one Sprinter. Larger parties take a coach.
The FBO your flight clears through
- Byerly Aviation6100 E.M. Dirksen Parkway, Peoria, Illinois 61607The fixed base operator Peoria names on its own general aviation page, and the closest general aviation front door to Pekin. Charter passengers walk out of that lobby rather than the airline concourse, and that lobby is where the chauffeur is parked.
Send the tail number, the operator and the scheduled slot, and say which field you are landing at. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Executive chauffeur servicePeoria International (PIA) car service
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 Pekin travelers hand over the keys
The hop to PIA is short. What earns a chauffeur is the parking, the weather and the mornings the flight leaves from Chicago.
Nobody leaves a car in a lot for ten days
A short ride still ends in a parking decision. Door drop-off removes the lot, the shuttle and the ten day bill.
River fog and January mornings
The Illinois River runs past this town and the first flights leave before sunrise. The chauffeur is outside in it with the car already warm.
Three hours to Chicago is a working morning
When the fare is better at O’Hare the drive is close to three hours each way. The back seat makes that time usable.
One number for the whole vehicle
Pekin trips are quoted by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum stated up front, so a group rides on one figure.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Popular runs from Pekin
The runs Pekin books most
Most Pekin bookings end at one of three fields: Peoria International for the short trips, Chicago O’Hare and St. Louis Lambert for the long ones.
Give a coordinator both flight numbers when you fly out of one airport and home into another.
More reading on these runs: choosing between the regional airports, when to leave for O’Hare and the drive down to Lambert.
Out of one airport and home into another is still one reservation.
The fleet
Fleet for Pekin runs
The quote follows the vehicle, so headcount and luggage settle which one comes.
Executive Sedan
One or two riders to PIA, or a single traveler on the long run.
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Luxury SUV
A family leaving Pekin with real luggage, or four colleagues.
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Sprinter Van
A visiting team or a department heading for the same departure gate.
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Groups of 15 to 35
Tournaments and reunions. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35, limousine coaches 25 to 30.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachThe chauffeur is uniformed whichever you pick, and a stretch limousine takes 8 to 10 riders.
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Book a chauffeur in Pekin
Book a chauffeur in Pekin.
Send the address, the airport and the headcount. A coordinator picks the vehicle and sets the pickup time.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
Three riders, three different runs
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.
Insurance and health care move visiting staff through Tazewell County all year, which is what corporate airport transfers are for.
A tournament weekend arrives in waves, and that is event transportation.
Pekin questions
What Pekin riders ask before they book
The answers below use the calibrated drive times Pekin schedules are built from.
How much notice do you need for a car in Pekin?
Executive Transportation prefers about 72 hours’ notice for a Pekin airport run and closer to a week for a group of fifteen or more. Dispatch answers at any hour, and short notice comes down to which vehicles are open.
Call (217) 523-5466 or request a quote.
Do you pick up at my door in Pekin?
Yes. Executive Transportation collects at the address you give anywhere in Pekin, whether that is a house south of Court Street, the hospital entrance or an office downtown. Cases are handled at both ends, your address and the terminal doors.
See how airport transportation works.
Which airport is closest to Pekin?
General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International, code PIA, is about 15 minutes and 12 miles from Pekin, the closest airline airport by a wide margin. We still drive Pekin travelers to Bloomington, Chicago and St. Louis when the schedule is better.
See the Peoria PIA car service page.
How long does it take to get from Pekin to O’Hare, and to Lambert?
Executive Transportation schedules Pekin to Chicago O’Hare at about 170 miles and three hours on clear roads, and Pekin to St. Louis Lambert at about 172 miles and two hours thirty-five. Both are floors rather than promises, because the Chicago approach stretches.
See the O’Hare car service page.
Which towns around Pekin do you serve?
Executive Transportation picks up across Tazewell County and the towns on either side of it, including Marquette Heights, Creve Coeur, South Pekin, Tremont and Manito, and any address between them. The quote follows your pickup address rather than a zone map.
See every city we cover on the service area page.
Do you pick up private jet and charter passengers near Pekin?
Yes. Private and charter flights closest to Pekin clear through Byerly Aviation at Peoria International, the operator the airport names on its own general aviation page, at 6100 E.M. Dirksen Parkway. Your chauffeur waits at that lobby rather than the airline doors.
Tell us the tail number when you book the chauffeur.
Can you move a team or a wedding party around Pekin itself?
Yes. Tournaments at the Pekin Sports Complex, arena dates and receptions near Mineral Springs Park need shuttling in waves rather than one pickup. A van or a coach is held against your schedule and repeats it in reverse at the end.
See event transportation.
Keep reading
Near Pekin, and what to read next
The cities on either side of Pekin, the airports it flies from, the services behind both.
Cities near Pekin
The next pages along the river.
Airports Pekin flies from
The four booked most.
Services and corporate
The work behind a transfer.
Book the ride
Request your Pekin ride
Three things Pekin riders say made the difference.
One figure, with the vehicle inside it
Quoted by the hour with the minimum stated up front, so a slow crossing is planned into the hours.
Built backward from the counter
The pickup starts at the airline cut-off, then the drive, then a cushion.
Dispatch answers day and night
Most Pekin trips are a dawn departure or a late landing.
Photo credits
- Towboat and barges on the Illinois River at the Pekin riverfront, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source.