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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 35.4%
DEP / DAY
25
▼ 36.3%

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 5,848 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUES 151245Z 08005KT 10SM SCT075 OVC095 22/19 A3011

Runways

2 installed

5,848 FT MAX
10/28
5,848 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
3,598 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
48% of ops
833 land · 607 TO
18
40% of ops
697 land · 725 TO
10
8% of ops
140 land · 18 TO
28
4% of ops
69 land · 33 TO
Runway 36 carries 48% of operations (833 landings, 607 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

36 833 landings
UA 13%
18 697 landings
UA 9%
10 140 landings
UA 4%
28 69 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 36 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (111 UA events from 833 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
53.1
flights/day · 1,594 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 53.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (43.9 vs 59.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

391 · 39%
65 · 6%
59 · 6%
59 · 6%
47 · 5%
43 · 4%
Activity is led by (39% of 1,006 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
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