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K1C1 ·

Paxton Airport

40.44900°N

-88.12770°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 80.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 33.3%

Paxton Airport (K1C1) is a small general aviation airport located in Paxton, IL, 74 mi south of Joliet. It features 1 runway measuring 3,409 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KCMI, 29 mi away (K1C1 does not publish METAR)

35m ago

Temp

63°F

Wind

3 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KCMI 180653Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01720167

Runways

1 installed

3,409 FT MAX

18/36

3,409 ft × 50

ASPH-F● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

52% of ops

16 land · 0 TO

48% of ops

15 land · 9 TO

Runway 36 carries 52% of operations (16 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

36 16 landings

UA 6%

18 15 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 16 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

1.5

flights/day · 45 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 5pm · 1pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.8 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 44 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	121.350	—
APCH	285.650	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
DANVILLE	353.950	—
OTHER	353.950	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 779 ft
Mag var:: 3° W
Fuel:: 100LL

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