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KC81 ·

Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
12
48.3%
DEP / DAY
10
17.2%

Campbell Airport (KC81) is a small general aviation airport located in Grayslake, IL, 22 mi north east of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,573 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPWK, 17 mi away (KC81 does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
10 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 301952Z 20010KT 10SM BKN110 27/19 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW-E RAB34E43 SLP151 P0000 T02720189

Runway intelligence

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

09
41% of ops
129 land · 75 TO
27
32% of ops
100 land · 131 TO
24
14% of ops
45 land · 27 TO
06
12% of ops
38 land · 9 TO
Runway 09 carries 41% of operations (129 landings, 75 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

09 129 landings
UA 16%
27 100 landings
UA 18%
24 45 landings
UA 11%
06 38 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 129 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
14.4
flights/day · 433 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 14.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (13.9 vs 15.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 405 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 120.550
APCH 306.925
UNICOM 122.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
788 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Oblivion
07/18/2007
My aviation birthplace.
I did my Private Pilot training here.
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