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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
51
▼ 1.4%
DEP / DAY
52
▼ 0.5%

Waukesha County Airport (KUES/UES) is a small general aviation airport located in Waukesha, WI, 17 mi west of Milwaukee. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,849 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 51 arrivals and 52 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 5 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUES 312345Z 23005KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2990

Runways

2 installed

5,849 FT MAX
10/28
5,849 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
3,599 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

28
58% of ops
981 land · 1,041 TO
10
17% of ops
291 land · 53 TO
18
15% of ops
262 land · 221 TO
36
10% of ops
169 land · 123 TO
Runway 28 carries 58% of operations (981 landings, 1,041 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

28 981 landings
UA 8%
10 291 landings
UA 12%
18 262 landings
UA 7%
36 169 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 28 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (80 UA events from 981 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
70.0
flights/day · 2,100 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 8pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 70.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (68.5 vs 73.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

564 · 42%
84 · 6%
80 · 6%
63 · 5%
60 · 4%
52 · 4%
Activity is led by (42% of 1,342 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.700 —
TWR 123.700 0600-2100
GND 121.600 0600-2100
ATIS 118.875 0600-2100
APCH 125.350 —
APCH 307.000 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 118.875 —
AR OPS 38.300 0600-2100
OTHER 38.300 0600-2100
CD/P 121.600 0600-2100
OTHER 121.600 0600-2100
LCL/P 123.700 0600-2100
GOPAC ST 126.500 —
OTHER 126.500 —
CD/P 128.700 —
OTHER 128.700 —
GOPAC ST 307.000 —
OTHER 307.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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