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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
11
8.0%
DEP / DAY
8
27.8%

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 11 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

50m ago
Temp
94°F
Wind
10 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 022152Z 25010G17KT 10SM CLR 34/22 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T03440217

Runway intelligence

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

09
39% of ops
213 land · 115 TO
27
35% of ops
196 land · 256 TO
24
14% of ops
76 land · 39 TO
06
12% of ops
68 land · 13 TO
Runway 09 carries 39% of operations (213 landings, 115 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

09 213 landings
UA 19%
27 196 landings
UA 19%
24 76 landings
UA 17%
06 68 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 09 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (41 UA events from 213 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
16.9
flights/day · 507 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 16.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (15.0 vs 18.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 464 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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