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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
9
65.0%
DEP / DAY
10
121.9%

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 9 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)

41m ago
Temp
58°F
Wind
4 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 240952Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01440122

Runway intelligence

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

09
39% of ops
112 land · 87 TO
27
29% of ops
81 land · 115 TO
24
18% of ops
52 land · 21 TO
06
14% of ops
39 land · 14 TO
Runway 09 carries 39% of operations (112 landings, 87 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

09 112 landings
UA 12%
27 81 landings
UA 16%
24 52 landings
UA 13%
06 39 landings
UA 21%
Approaches to 09 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 112 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 · 431 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–9pm local, averaging 14.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (14.9 vs 14.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 393 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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