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📍 Grayslake⬆ 788 ft2 runways
KC81 ·

Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
12
75.5%
DEP / DAY
10
40.0%

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

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

09
41% of ops
131 land · 77 TO
27
31% of ops
97 land · 140 TO
24
15% of ops
47 land · 20 TO
06
13% of ops
41 land · 11 TO
Runway 09 carries 41% of operations (131 landings, 77 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

09 131 landings
UA 16%
27 97 landings
UA 18%
24 47 landings
UA 13%
06 41 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 131 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
15.1
flights/day · 453 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 15.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (11.8 vs 17.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 423 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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