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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
37
▼ 15.6%
DEP / DAY
40
▼ 18.8%

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 37 arrivals and 40 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 030051Z 24003KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP105 LAST T02780244

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

23
39% of ops
681 land · 711 TO
05
37% of ops
653 land · 468 TO
32
13% of ops
223 land · 342 TO
14
12% of ops
208 land · 68 TO
Runway 23 carries 39% of operations (681 landings, 711 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

23 681 landings
UA 7%
05 653 landings
UA 3%
32 223 landings
UA 5%
14 208 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 681 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
57.8
flights/day · 1,734 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 57.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (55.4 vs 61.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

463 · 37%
144 · 11%
81 · 6%
74 · 6%
48 · 4%
43 · 3%
Activity is led by (37% of 1,266 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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