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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
40
5.1%
DEP / DAY
40
10.9%

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 40 arrivals and 40 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
4 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 271345Z 32004KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3000

Runway intelligence

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

28
39% of ops
474 land · 498 TO
18
22% of ops
264 land · 232 TO
36
21% of ops
251 land · 201 TO
10
18% of ops
213 land · 40 TO
Runway 28 carries 39% of operations (474 landings, 498 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

28 474 landings
UA 8%
18 264 landings
UA 9%
36 251 landings
UA 14%
10 213 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 28 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (38 UA events from 474 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
58.9
flights/day · 1,767 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 58.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (47.9 vs 65.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 1,154 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 20:54 UTC