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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
42
35.6%
DEP / DAY
45
46.3%

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 5,848 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 42 arrivals and 45 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
2 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 200235Z AUTO 11002KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2999 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
32% of ops
373 land · 380 TO
36
30% of ops
345 land · 259 TO
28
23% of ops
261 land · 261 TO
10
15% of ops
173 land · 27 TO
Runway 18 carries 32% of operations (373 landings, 380 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

18 373 landings
UA 9%
36 345 landings
UA 12%
28 261 landings
UA 5%
10 173 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 18 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 373 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
57.2
flights/day · 1,716 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 57.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (40.4 vs 66.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 1,115 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:08 UTC