Waukegan National (UGN) Airport Car Service

UGN (Waukegan National Airport, formerly Waukegan Regional Airport) sits in Waukegan, Illinois in Lake County, accessible via Interstate 94 and SR 120. The airport is owned and operated by the Waukegan Port District and serves as a major general aviation gateway for the North Shore corporate corridor and Naval Station Great Lakes. There is no scheduled commercial service. UGN's two runways and full FBO services accommodate every category of business aviation. Our chauffeurs stage at the terminal area for charter and FBO pickups.

UGN to Six Flags Great America and Gurnee Mills (the major Lake County family entertainment and shopping destinations) runs about 15 to 20 minutes via Interstate 94 northbound. We handle daily theme park transfers, corporate hospitality logistics for Six Flags Great America Holiday in the Park and Fright Fest seasonal events, and Gurnee Mills shopping group transport.

Yes. UGN is one of the primary corporate charter airports for the North Shore and Lake County business corridor, with hangar facilities, FBO services, and ramp space for business jets including Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global Express, Dassault Falcon 7X, and Cessna Citation aircraft. We hold standing accounts with several charter operators and corporate flight departments.

Yes. Naval Station Great Lakes (the largest US Navy training installation, the only Navy boot camp in the United States since 1999, training every Navy recruit through the Recruit Training Command) runs about 10 to 15 minutes from UGN via Buckley Road. We handle daily transfers for visiting officers, civilian Department of Navy contractors, Pass in Review graduation ceremony family arrivals, and PCS family member airport pickups.

Yes. Naval Station Great Lakes Recruit Training Command graduates approximately 35,000 to 40,000 Navy recruits each year through weekly Pass in Review ceremonies, drawing recruit families from across the country. We handle daily Pass in Review weekend transfers, Great Lakes National Museum of the Navy visitor logistics, and the broader Lake County family member arrival transport timed to graduation cycles.

Yes. Lake Forest (the iconic North Shore Chicago suburb, home to Lake Forest College and one of the wealthiest residential corridors in the Chicago metro) and Highland Park (the adjacent affluent North Shore suburb famous for the Ravinia Festival) both run about 15 to 25 minutes from UGN via Interstate 94 southbound. We handle daily corporate transfers across the North Shore corridor plus Ravinia Festival summer concert night transport.

Yes. Abbott Laboratories world headquarters in Abbott Park (the major medical devices, diagnostics, and nutrition company, one of the largest pharmaceutical and medical products companies headquartered in the Chicago region) and AbbVie world headquarters (the pharmaceutical company spun off from Abbott in 2013) both sit within 10 to 15 minutes of UGN. We hold standing accounts with executive teams at both companies running daily UGN rotations.

Yes. Lake County hosts a deep corporate aviation customer base anchored by Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, Discover Financial Services Riverwoods, Walgreens Boots Alliance Deerfield, Astellas Pharma US Northbrook, and dozens of other major Chicago region firms. We hold standing accounts with several Lake County corporate flight departments running daily UGN rotations.

Naval Station Great Lakes Pass in Review graduation weekends run on a weekly cycle, with the heaviest family travel demand during summer and winter graduation cycles. We recommend two to three weeks of lead time for Pass in Review weekend SUV and Sprinter bookings. Major Navy holiday graduations and Memorial Day fleet weekend events also drive heavier demand spikes.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye corporate charter arrivals, 4 am Abbott and AbbVie corporate departures, and late night Six Flags Great America Holiday in the Park and Fright Fest event pickups. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.