📍 Chicago/Waukegan⬆ 727 ft2 runways
KUGN · UGN
Waukegan National Airport
42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
36
▲
6.8%
DEP / DAY
44
▲
20.0%
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 36 arrivals and 44 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 11 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
53% of ops
298 land · 12 TO
14
25% of ops
141 land · 3 TO
23
15% of ops
86 land · 1 TO
32
6% of ops
34 land · 0 TO
Runway 05 carries 53% of operations (298 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 25%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
05
298 landings
UA 9%GA 0.3%
14
141 landings
UA 11%
23
86 landings
UA 15%GA 1.2%
32
34 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (28 UA events from 298 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
31.4
flights/day · 942 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-05-14| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 120.050 | — |
| 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 | — |
| LCL/P | 273.550 | 0600-2000 |
| GOPAC ST | 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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