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Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N
-88.69170°W
ARR / DAY
4
16.7%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

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 4 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KC09, 18 mi away (49IL does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KC09 131723Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC018 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W

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

09
62% of ops
104 land · 8 TO
27
38% of ops
64 land · 17 TO
Runway 09 carries 62% of operations (104 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

09 104 landings
UA 23%
27 64 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 09 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 104 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
4.0
flights/day · 120 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 11pm · 4pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.1 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 114 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
666 ft
Mag var:
1° W
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