Airports / KDKB / De Kalb Taylor Municipal AirportGood ground coverage
De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport satellite view
📍 De Kalb⬆ 914 ft2 runways
KDKB ·

De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport

41.93370°N
-88.70570°W
ARR / DAY
27
72.7%
DEP / DAY
29
86.1%

De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB) is a small general aviation airport located in De Kalb, IL, 23 mi west of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,026 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 27 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
9 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDKB 292115Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM SCT120 25/20 A3007 RMK AO2 T02450196

Runway intelligence

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

20
37% of ops
293 land · 216 TO
02
34% of ops
272 land · 254 TO
27
20% of ops
163 land · 123 TO
09
9% of ops
72 land · 25 TO
Runway 20 carries 37% of operations (293 landings, 216 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

20 293 landings
UA 5%
02 272 landings
UA 4%
27 163 landings
UA 8%
09 72 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 20 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 293 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
29.0
flights/day · 870 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 29.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (26.9 vs 31.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 653 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
APCH 133.500
APCH 349.000
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 119.075
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:27 UTC