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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
43
▼ 0.7%
DEP / DAY
43
▼ 7.4%

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 43 arrivals and 43 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUES 281645Z 25006KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3015

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
43% of ops
518 land · 544 TO
18
21% of ops
258 land · 233 TO
36
18% of ops
222 land · 171 TO
10
18% of ops
218 land · 41 TO
Runway 28 carries 43% of operations (518 landings, 544 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

28 518 landings
UA 8%
18 258 landings
UA 9%
36 222 landings
UA 15%
10 218 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 28 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 518 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
59.6
flights/day · 1,787 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 59.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (47.9 vs 66.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

467 · 40%
77 · 7%
64 · 6%
64 · 6%
52 · 4%
48 · 4%
Activity is led by (40% of 1,158 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

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 17:02 UTC