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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
39
▲ 40.9%
DEP / DAY
43
▲ 44.9%

Waukegan National Airport (KUGN/UGN) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Waukegan, IL, 34 mi north east of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 39 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 280351Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01720161

Runways

2 installed

6,001 FT MAX
05/23
6,001 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
3,750 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

05
38% of ops
387 land · 267 TO
23
36% of ops
362 land · 376 TO
14
14% of ops
146 land · 85 TO
32
11% of ops
112 land · 168 TO
Runway 05 carries 38% of operations (387 landings, 267 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

05 387 landings
UA 3%
23 362 landings
UA 7%
14 146 landings
UA 9%
32 112 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 387 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
52.7
flights/day · 1,581 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 52.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (46.2 vs 57.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

428 · 38%
134 · 12%
61 · 5%
45 · 4%
44 · 4%
40 · 4%
Activity is led by (38% of 1,129 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.050 —
TWR 120.050 0600-2000
TWR 273.550 0600-2000
GND 121.650 0600-2000
ATIS 132.400 0600-2000
APCH 120.550 —
LCL/P 120.050 0600-2000
EMERG 121.500 0600-2000
GOPAC ST 126.500 —
OTHER 126.500 —
LCL/P 273.550 0600-2000
GOPAC ST 307.000 —
OTHER 307.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:12 UTC