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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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h 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

Runways

3 installed

6,501 FT MAX
09/27
6,501 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
15/33
5,503 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
3,198 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
49% of ops
1,060 land · 493 TO
09
18% of ops
399 land · 158 TO
33
16% of ops
344 land · 363 TO
15
8% of ops
163 land · 87 TO
36
5% of ops
105 land · 3 TO
18
5% of ops
98 land · 6 TO
Runway 27 carries 49% of operations (1,060 landings, 493 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,060 landings
UA 7%
09 399 landings
UA 3%
33 344 landings
UA 7%
15 163 landings
UA 7%
36 105 landings
UA 6%
18 98 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 27 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (69 UA events from 1,060 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
84.0
flights/day · 2,521 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 84.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (61.9 vs 96.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

779 · 42%
356 · 19%
110 · 6%
82 · 4%
68 · 4%
59 · 3%
Activity is led by (42% of 1,843 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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