Shelbyville, Illinois · Chauffeured transportation
Shelbyville Limo Service & Car Service
A car at the door on Main Street, and a long airport drive you sleep through.
Every flight out of Shelbyville starts with a drive. Decatur is about 50 minutes, Springfield and Champaign about an hour and a quarter each, St. Louis Lambert about two hours. Executive Transportation covers all of them, plus the lake houses and the county buildings in between.
- 2004Chauffeured since
- 50 minShelbyville to Decatur
- UniformedChauffeurs on every run
- One quoteCovers the whole vehicle
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Chauffeured since 2004Dispatch answers at any hourUniformed chauffeursOne quote for the whole vehicle
Airports from Shelbyville
Which airport is worth the drive from Shelbyville?
Decatur is the closest airline airport to Shelbyville at about 50 minutes. Springfield and Champaign are about an hour and a quarter, and St. Louis Lambert about two hours.
Clear-road figures measured from Shelbyville, with nothing added for weather or harvest traffic.
Eighteen fields sit inside about three and a half hours of Shelbyville, which is why the cheapest itinerary here so often begins on a two lane road.
The fare picks the field; the vehicle comes at one price.
Where we pick up in Shelbyville
The Shelbyville addresses a trip starts at
A county seat, one hospital, one significant plant and a very large lake. That is most of the travel here.
County business
Courthouse and Main Street
Shelby County Courthouse301 E Main Street, the third courthouse on the square, finished in 1881.See the pageBoarman’s Roxy Theater149 E Main Street, reopened in 2003 and still the reason the square fills in the evening.See the pageWork and care
The plant and the hospital
IHI Turbo America1598 IL-16: manufacturing and product engineering, and visiting suppliers with it.See the pageHSHS Good Shepherd Hospital201 S Pine Street, the only hospital in Shelby County.See the pageThe lake
Lake Shelbyville and its shore
Lake ShelbyvilleThe Corps dam sits half a mile east of town, holding 11,100 acres of water.See the pageEagle Creek, four miles from FindlayThe state park and its golf course, four miles from Findlay.See the pageNot on the list? The quote works the same way from any Shelby County address.
Request a QuoteCorporate travelEvery address here comes off the institution’s own website in September 2026.
Private jets and charter
Private jet and charter flights near Shelbyville
Small towns see more private aviation than people expect. The nearest ramp is Decatur, about 50 minutes up the road.
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The chauffeur waits at the operator, not a terminal
Charter passengers walk out of the fixed base operator’s building, which is where the vehicle waits.
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Late arrivals are the normal case
Gaitros publishes staffed hours from five in the morning and a call-out number outside them.
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Crew and riders share the booking
The crew needs a hotel and the passengers need Shelbyville. One booking covers both.
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A Sprinter for the arriving group
One Sprinter holds ten arriving passengers and their cases. Larger parties take a coach.
The FBO a Shelbyville charter usually clears
- 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 name the field you are landing at. We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Executive chauffeur serviceDecatur Airport (DEC) car service
Executive Transportation covers the road part; the vehicle waits at the cabin door.
Request a QuoteCall (217) 523-5466Private jet shuttle
Why be driven
Four reasons Shelbyville hands the driving over
Nothing about an airport trip from here is short, and the first hour is two lane road in the dark.
Illinois 16 before sunrise is nobody’s idea of fun
The road east past the dam and the road west to Decatur are both two lane and both busy in season.
A car left at the airport keeps charging
A week away turns a long-term space into a real bill. A drop at the terminal door leaves no parking bill behind on the way home.
The lake fills the town on a summer weekend
Eleven thousand acres of water bring visitors, and the shore roads were not built for all of them.
One figure, however many seats
Shelbyville trips are quoted by the hour for the whole vehicle, with the minimum stated up front. A family flying out together rides on one number.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Popular runs from Shelbyville
The three drives Shelbyville books most
Decatur takes the short connections, Springfield takes the state business, and St. Louis takes everything that needs a real network. One booking, one vehicle, whichever it is.
Round trips need both flight numbers, and a call to dispatch if either one slips.
Worth reading first: how to choose between the regional airports, the drive down to Lambert and when to leave for a Chicago flight.
Fly out of Decatur and home into Lambert; Shelbyville books it once.
The fleet
Fleet for Shelbyville runs
Seats and checked bags pick the vehicle, and the vehicle is what gets priced.
Executive Sedan
One or two riders on the early run to Decatur or Springfield.
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Luxury SUV
A family heading to St. Louis with a week of luggage.
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Sprinter Van
A supplier team or a lake house full of guests.
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Groups of 15 to 35
Reunions and outings. Shuttle coaches seat 22 to 35, limousine coaches 25 to 30.
Shuttle CoachLimousine CoachUniformed chauffeurs throughout, and a stretch limousine fills the 8 to 10-seat gap.
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Book a chauffeur in Shelbyville
Book a chauffeur in Shelbyville.
Tell us the address, the airport and how many are riding. A coordinator picks the vehicle and sets the pickup time from your flight.
(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.
Manufacturing in a small town still brings visitors in from a long way off, and corporate airport transfers are booked one trip at a time.
Lake weekends and reunions arrive across a whole afternoon, which is what event transportation is for.
Shelbyville questions
What Shelbyville riders ask before they book
The times below are the calibrated figures Shelbyville schedules are built from.
How much notice do you need for a car in Shelbyville?
Executive Transportation prefers about 72 hours’ notice for a Shelbyville airport run and roughly a week for a group of fifteen or more. The phone is answered around the clock, though a late request turns on what is free.
Call (217) 523-5466 or request a quote.
Do you pick up at my door in Shelbyville?
Yes. Executive Transportation collects at the address you give anywhere in Shelby County, from a house on the square to a lake place down a gravel lane or the hospital entrance on Pine Street. Your chauffeur takes the bags at your door.
See how airport transportation works.
Which airport is closest to Shelbyville, and how long is the drive?
Decatur Airport, code DEC, is about 34 miles and 50 minutes from Shelbyville, and it parks for free. Springfield and Champaign are both about an hour and a quarter, and St. Louis Lambert about two hours on clear roads.
See the Decatur car service page.
Which towns around Shelbyville do you serve?
Executive Transportation picks up across Shelby County, including Windsor, Findlay, Tower Hill and Cowden, and Moweaqua, which straddles the Shelby and Christian county line. Addresses between those towns work as well, since the quote is built from the hours the run takes, not a zone chart.
See every city we cover on the service area page.
Which vehicle should a group leaving Shelbyville book?
Executive Transportation prices the whole vehicle rather than each seat. An executive sedan suits two or three, a luxury SUV five or six, a Sprinter van up to fourteen, and a shuttle or limousine coach fifteen to thirty-five.
Compare them on the fleet page.
Do you pick up private jet and charter passengers near Shelbyville?
Yes. The nearest general aviation ramp is Decatur, where Gaitros Aviation is the fixed base operator at 790 South Airport Rd. Your chauffeur waits at that building rather than an airline door, and the crew rides on the same booking.
Tell us the tail number when you book the chauffeur.
Can you collect from a house or a campground on Lake Shelbyville?
Yes. The lake holds 11,100 acres of water and 172 miles of shoreline, so a pickup out there needs a real address rather than a landmark. Send the road name and the gate or site number and a chauffeur is at it.
Call (217) 523-5466 with the address and we will confirm it.
Keep reading
Near Shelbyville, and what to read next
The towns on either side of Shelbyville, the airports it flies from, the services behind both.
Cities near Shelbyville
The next service area page.
Airports Shelbyville uses
The four inside two hours.
Services and corporate
The work behind a transfer.
Book the ride
Request your Shelbyville ride
Three things Shelbyville riders mention afterwards.
One Shelbyville figure, vehicle included
Quoted by the hour with the minimum stated up front, so a slow stretch of two lane is planned into the hours.
Set by the bag drop, not the departure
We start at the bag drop deadline, add the drive west, then a cushion.
Dispatch answers day and night
Shelbyville runs leave before daylight or land near midnight, and the phone is covered.
Photo credits
- The Shelby County Courthouse on East Main Street in Shelbyville, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Nyttend, Public domain, source.