📍 Chicago/Lake in the Hills⬆ 888 ft1 runways
K3CK ·
Lake in the Hills Airport
42.20680°N
-88.32300°W
ARR / DAY
34
▼
22.2%
DEP / DAY
38
▼
25.0%
Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Lake in the Hills, IL. It features 1 runway measuring 3,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 34 arrivals and 38 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KBUU, 33 mi away (K3CK does not publish METAR)
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
08/26
3,800 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
26
67% of ops
2,057 land · 2,337 TO
08
33% of ops
1,010 land · 891 TO
Runway 26 carries 67% of operations (2,057 landings, 2,337 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 33%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
26
2,057 landings
UA 7%
08
1,010 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 26 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (137 UA events from 2,057 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
53.1
flights/day · 1,592 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.050 | — |
| APCH | 120.550 | — |
| APCH | 306.925 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.050 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 2° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
AI
airbound
05/10/2011
Just an awesome training, flying service and friendly people around.
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