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Skydive Chicago Airport

41.39980°N
-88.79390°W
ARR / DAY
1
57.1%
DEP / DAY
5
7.9%

Skydive Chicago Airport (K8N2) is a small general aviation airport located in Ottawa, IL, 35 mi south west of Aurora. It features 1 runway measuring 4,522 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KIKK, 54 mi away (K8N2 does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
4 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KIKK 291355Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3018 RMK AO2 T02060163

Runways

1 installed

4,522 FT MAX
03/21
4,522 ft × 50
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

21
79% of ops
61 land · 16 TO
03
21% of ops
16 land · 12 TO
Runway 21 carries 79% of operations (61 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

21 61 landings
UA 8%
03 16 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 21 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 61 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
6.3
flights/day · 189 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–10pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (7.5 vs 6.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 188 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
UNICOM 122.725
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
616 ft
Mag var:
1° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:14 UTC