Getting around Harwood Heights
The roads, the buses, the runway.
Harwood Heights is one of the smallest towns we serve, wrapped by Norridge and Chicago, and that shapes every charter we plan out of it.
The roads. The Harlem–Lawrence corner is the village's pivot point — Harlem Avenue (IL-43) carries the heaviest traffic up the eastern edge by the Harlem Irving Plaza, and the landmark Eisenhower Tower water tower stands watch over it. Wilson Avenue and the quieter Gunnison residential blocks cross the heart of town, and from any of them you're minutes to the Kennedy (I-90), the Tri-State (I-294) and River Road toward the airport.
The buses. Harwood Heights has no Metra station — the village is served by CTA bus routes along Harlem and Lawrence, with rail at neighboring stations. That's fine for a solo trip, but for a group with luggage, an early flight, or a night that runs late, a door-to-door coach beats juggling transfers.
The runway. O'Hare (ORD) is only about 4 to 5 miles and roughly 10 to 12 minutes north up Harlem — one of the shortest airport hops of any town we serve. Midway (MDW) is a straight run down the Kennedy and Eisenhower. Both are core to what we do, with live flight tracking and built-in buffers.