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📍 Chicago/Aurora⬆ 712 ft3 runways
KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
68
147.7%
DEP / DAY
67
123.2%

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 68 arrivals and 67 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KARR 240452Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 13/13 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01330128

Runway intelligence

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

27
44% of ops
967 land · 440 TO
33
21% of ops
463 land · 486 TO
09
18% of ops
394 land · 161 TO
15
8% of ops
170 land · 89 TO
18
5% of ops
104 land · 6 TO
36
5% of ops
101 land · 5 TO
Runway 27 carries 44% of operations (967 landings, 440 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

27 967 landings
UA 7%
33 463 landings
UA 5%
09 394 landings
UA 4%
15 170 landings
UA 9%
18 104 landings
UA 18%
36 101 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 27 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (63 UA events from 967 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
83.8
flights/day · 2,514 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 83.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (74.9 vs 91.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 1,813 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 327 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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