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Funny Farm Airport

42.21048°N

-88.52006°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Funny Farm Airport (5LL7) is a small general aviation airport located in Union, IL, 17 mi north west of Elgin. It features 1 runway measuring 2,016 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KDPA, 25 mi away (5LL7 does not publish METAR)

25m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

11 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDPA 041752Z 14011G19KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02890211 10289 20244 58001

Runways

1 installed

2,016 FT MAX

E/W

2,016 ft × 70

Turf○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

56% of ops

45 land · 13 TO

44% of ops

36 land · 2 TO

Runway W carries 56% of operations (45 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is E at 44%.

Approach quality

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

W 45 landings

UA 16%

E 36 landings

UA 50%

Approaches to W show a 16% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 45 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

1.7

flights/day · 52 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 12am · 8pm

Day vs night

54%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.1 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 51 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 875 ft

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

Anonymous

05/05/2009

re: North South Rwy Obstructed

Oops, didn't mean to imply that the airport was unusable... The E/W runway is 1800 feet long, and clear at both ends.