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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
20
▼ 50.2%
DEP / DAY
23
▼ 43.6%

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 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 20 arrivals and 23 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
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
5 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 161351Z 27005KT 10SM BKN009 OVC014 24/24 A2997 RMK AO2 RAB11E24 SLP135 P0000 T02440239

Runways

2 installed

6,000 FT MAX
05/23
6,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
3,751 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
40% of ops
756 land · 874 TO
05
37% of ops
699 land · 522 TO
14
15% of ops
277 land · 178 TO
32
8% of ops
155 land · 206 TO
Runway 23 carries 40% of operations (756 landings, 874 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

23 756 landings
UA 5%
05 699 landings
UA 4%
14 277 landings
UA 7%
32 155 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (35 UA events from 756 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
57.3
flights/day · 1,720 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 57.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (58.0 vs 59.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

484 · 41%
109 · 9%
70 · 6%
61 · 5%
52 · 4%
44 · 4%
Activity is led by (41% of 1,180 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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