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📍 Chicago/Aurora⬆ 712 ft3 runways
KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
50
36.6%
DEP / DAY
50
39.3%

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 50 arrivals and 50 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
11 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KARR 060152Z AUTO 05011KT 10SM OVC016 23/19 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02280194

Runway intelligence

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

27
51% of ops
1,780 land · 814 TO
33
18% of ops
611 land · 643 TO
09
15% of ops
525 land · 182 TO
15
7% of ops
228 land · 90 TO
18
5% of ops
160 land · 10 TO
36
5% of ops
159 land · 5 TO
Runway 27 carries 51% of operations (1,780 landings, 814 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,780 landings
UA 6%
33 611 landings
UA 6%
09 525 landings
UA 4%
15 228 landings
UA 9%
18 160 landings
UA 18%
36 159 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 27 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (106 UA events from 1,780 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
86.1
flights/day · 2,582 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 86.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (72.5 vs 95.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 1,917 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 11 AM · 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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