Lewis University Airport

Romeoville is home to the Lewis University Airport, which has played an important role in the Village’s history and maintains a strong presence in the community. The airport provides commercial, industrial, institutional and personal aviation services to Will County, and also serves as a general aviation reliever for O’Hare and Midway airports.

The airport offers a number of amenities including aircraft storage, corporate flight department/ hangar leasing, pilot’s lounge, conference room and for the general public, a helicopter shuttle service to and from Chicagoland Speedway.

The airport is owned and operated by the Joliet Regional Port District and there has been over $75 million dollars invested in the facility in order to meet the needs of corporate air crafts.

Romeoville is also only 20 minutes from Midway Airport and 30 minutes from O’Hare International Airport. For information visit Fly LOT.

Air Traffic Control Tower Fully Operational

In November, 2022, the Lewis University Airport cut the ribbon on their new eight-story air traffic control tower. Over a decade in the making, construction on the airport’s first air traffic control tower began in 2021. Funding for the $8.2 million tower was possible through a combination of support from the FAA, State of Illinois, and Joliet Regional Port District. The tower is the airport’s single most important safety project ever. Former Congressman Dan Lipinski worked to make the tower project eligible for federal funding and was instrumental in securing $6 million in State funding for the project back in 2019.

The tower provides increased safety, plus makes the airport more accessible in order to grow the regional economy and create jobs. The Lewis University Airport is Will County’s premier corporate airport and has been owned and operated by the Joliet Regional Port District since 1989. The airport traces all the way back to the 1930’s when it began as Lewis Holy Name School of Aeronautics.

2022-05-13 Air Traffic Control Tower (3)