PWKChicago Executive 🇺🇸

PWK / KPWK · Wheeling, Illinois · USA

Watch item – research candidate
Project type
After incident
Strength of evidence
Project intelligenceWhere the project stands in the process, based on the source's own status
Identified
Planning
Funded
Procurement
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What's happening now

Chicago Executive — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2025-09-01)

A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.

Why RWI is watching this: Relevant EMAS activity exists, but commercial timing or maturity is still uncertain.

+2 more below under "Projects and watch items".

Runways
12/3016/34
Documented EMAS

2 installations · EMASMAX

Installed 2014

Runway 16 FAA NASR current presence

Physical location per FAA NASR: runway 34. NASR cycle 2026-08-06. This record describes runway-end presence, not project status or physical history.

Runway 34 FAA NASR current presence

Physical location per FAA NASR: runway 16. NASR cycle 2026-08-06. This record describes runway-end presence, not project status or physical history.

EMAS installation (2)
EMASMAX Current physical state
Source
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data
Open source →
Details from the source

FAA map region: Map - Main FAA arresting-system data lists EMAS at multiple ends of runway 16/34 (16, 34); exact end not recorded.

EMASMAX No confirmed runway link Installed 2014
Source
Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04
Open source →
Details from the source

Chicago Executive. Forekommer i tva separata rader i 2016-dokumentet - 'Chicago Executive, Wheeling, IL, 1, 2014' och senare 'Chicago Exec, Wheeling, IL, 1, fall 2015' - tolkat som 2 system totalt (2014 + fall 2015). Matchar var egen tidigare research (bada andar 16/34, ~2012-2015) rimligt val.

Location
Chicago Executive: 42.1143, -87.9015

42.1143, -87.9015

Projects and watch items
SignalLifecycleStatusProject typeConfidenceYearSourceScore
Chicago Executive — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2025-09-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Developing watch Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
Chicago Executive — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2016-01-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Needs research Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
Chicago Executive — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2021-02-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Needs research Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
Intelligence historyReal, source-backed project and funding events in chronological order - never an assumed causal link between entries
2016
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
2021
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
2025
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
Without a certain event date
Project · Watch item – research candidate Developing watch

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Project · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Project · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Evidence 2 sources

Source-backed, but no reviewed claim has been transcribed yet for the sources below - see each one's own link to the original source.

Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04 · Open source →
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data · Open source →
Incidents
DateTypeEMAS
2016-01-01 EMAS activation Yes
2021-02-01 EMAS activation Yes
2025-09-01 EMAS activation Yes