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Skydive Chicago Airport

41.39980°N
-88.79390°W
ARR / DAY
3
109.1%
DEP / DAY
4
34.1%

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

Current weather

From KC09, 20 mi away (K8N2 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

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
78% of ops
86 land · 27 TO
03
22% of ops
24 land · 17 TO
Runway 21 carries 78% of operations (86 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

21 86 landings
UA 7%
03 24 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 21 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 86 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
6.0
flights/day · 180 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 6.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (8.4 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 180 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:02 UTC