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Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field

41.35190°N
-89.15310°W
ARR / DAY
4
24.4%
DEP / DAY
3
33.3%

Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS/VYS) is a small general aviation airport located in Peru, IL, 49 mi north east of North Peoria. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KVYS 051139Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2992 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
63% of ops
137 land · 57 TO
36
37% of ops
80 land · 46 TO
Runway 18 carries 63% of operations (137 landings, 57 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

18 137 landings
UA 6%
36 80 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 137 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
7.1
flights/day · 214 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 7.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.9 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 178 flights). Top three types: , , .
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