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De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport

41.93370°N
-88.70570°W
ARR / DAY
25
74.3%
DEP / DAY
28
87.4%

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 25 arrivals and 28 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDKB 281715Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM SCT043 BKN055 BKN065 25/18 A3018 RMK AO2 T02500179

Runway intelligence

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

20
37% of ops
295 land · 219 TO
02
36% of ops
286 land · 255 TO
27
19% of ops
149 land · 110 TO
09
9% of ops
71 land · 26 TO
Runway 20 carries 37% of operations (295 landings, 219 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

20 295 landings
UA 5%
02 286 landings
UA 5%
27 149 landings
UA 9%
09 71 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 20 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 295 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
29.4
flights/day · 882 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 29.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (26.9 vs 31.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 665 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:34 UTC