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KLOT · LOT

Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N

-88.09620°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 4.2%

DEP / DAY

▲ 13.3%

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 67 arrivals and 66 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago

Temp

95°F

Wind

8 kts

230°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KLOT 012045Z 23008KT 10SM FEW090 35/25 A2996

Runways

2 installed

6,500 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

55% of ops

1,646 land · 1,412 TO

24% of ops

716 land · 715 TO

11% of ops

333 land · 259 TO

11% of ops

325 land · 236 TO

Runway 27 carries 55% of operations (1,646 landings, 1,412 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,646 landings

UA 17%

20 716 landings

UA 5%

09 333 landings

UA 5%

02 325 landings

UA 3%

Approaches to 27 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (274 UA events from 1,646 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

82.5

flights/day · 2,476 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 4pm · 6pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 82.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (79.9 vs 87.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 1,961 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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