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49IL ·

Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N

-88.69170°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 68.2%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Walnut Creek Airport (49IL) is a small general aviation airport located in Somonauk, IL, 22 mi south west of Aurora. It features 1 runway measuring 2,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 7 total

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Current weather

From KRFD, 47 mi away (49IL does not publish METAR)

19m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

11 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRFD 301954Z 21011KT 10SM SCT110 OVC150 25/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02500194 $

Runways

1 installed

2,200 FT MAX

09/27

2,200 ft × 100

TURF● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

58% of ops

63 land · 6 TO

42% of ops

45 land · 11 TO

Runway 09 carries 58% of operations (63 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 42%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

09 63 landings

UA 16%

27 45 landings

UA 11%

Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 63 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

3.6

flights/day · 108 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 4pm · 5pm

Day vs night

58%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.8 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 104 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 666 ft
Mag var:: 1° W

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