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📍 Chicago/Romeoville⬆ 679 ft2 runways
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Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N
-88.09620°W
ARR / DAY
73
▲ 44.2%
DEP / DAY
71
▲ 42.1%

Lewis University Airport (KLOT/LOT) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Romeoville, IL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 73 arrivals and 71 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

26m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KLOT 280910Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW080 18/18 A3011 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

6,500 FT MAX
02/20
6,500 ft × 100
CON● LITMED
09/27
5,500 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
51% of ops
1,666 land · 1,445 TO
20
23% of ops
733 land · 681 TO
02
15% of ops
499 land · 429 TO
09
11% of ops
346 land · 246 TO
Runway 27 carries 51% of operations (1,666 landings, 1,445 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,666 landings
UA 17%
20 733 landings
UA 5%
02 499 landings
UA 2%
09 346 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 27 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (289 UA events from 1,666 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
87.3
flights/day · 2,619 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 2pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 87.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (65.0 vs 100.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

1,339 · 65%
178 · 9%
95 · 5%
55 · 3%
45 · 2%
38 · 2%
Activity is led by (65% of 2,074 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 134.800 —
TWR 134.800 0600-2000
GND 120.425 0600-2000
ATIS 126.675 0600-2000
APCH 119.350 —
APCH 354.075 —
AWOS 126.675 —
LCL/P 134.800 0600-2000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
679 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 PM · 1 movement every 327 s
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
airbound
05/11/2011
LOT - Lewis - Mixed traffic
Busy field during primary training with mixed traffic. Pattern always seemed full and extending downwind was normal.
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