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KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
61
31.9%
DEP / DAY
61
27.3%

Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR/AUZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Aurora, IL. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 61 arrivals and 61 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

48m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
5 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KARR 270452Z AUTO 27005KT 8SM CLR 17/17 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01720167

Runway intelligence

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

27
46% of ops
1,072 land · 493 TO
33
20% of ops
466 land · 488 TO
09
17% of ops
401 land · 158 TO
15
7% of ops
166 land · 88 TO
36
5% of ops
110 land · 3 TO
18
4% of ops
98 land · 6 TO
Runway 27 carries 46% of operations (1,072 landings, 493 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,072 landings
UA 6%
33 466 landings
UA 5%
09 401 landings
UA 3%
15 166 landings
UA 8%
36 110 landings
UA 5%
18 98 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 27 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (69 UA events from 1,072 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
87.5
flights/day · 2,625 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 87.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (61.9 vs 101.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 1,920 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.600
TWR 120.600 0700-2100
GND 121.700 0700-2100
ATIS 125.850 0700-2100
APCH 133.500
APCH 349.000
LCL/P 120.600 0700-2100
OTHER 121.700
CD/P 121.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
712 ft
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100, A1

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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