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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
11
5.3%
DEP / DAY
8
9.5%

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)

44m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
7 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 021852Z 25007KT 10SM SCT110 35/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03500211

Runway intelligence

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

27
37% of ops
160 land · 190 TO
09
37% of ops
156 land · 82 TO
24
15% of ops
64 land · 39 TO
06
11% of ops
47 land · 8 TO
Runway 27 carries 37% of operations (160 landings, 190 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

27 160 landings
UA 21%
09 156 landings
UA 17%
24 64 landings
UA 20%
06 47 landings
UA 21%
Approaches to 27 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (34 UA events from 160 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
16.1
flights/day · 483 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 7pm · 10pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 16.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (14.1 vs 17.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 447 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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