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Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan FieldIATA VYSModerate ground coverage
📍 Peru⬆ 654 ft1 runways
KVYS · VYS
Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field
41.35190°N
-89.15310°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
9.5%
DEP / DAY
1
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22.2%
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 1 runway measuring 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
18/36
6,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
68% of ops
154 land · 21 TO
36
32% of ops
71 land · 48 TO
Runway 18 carries 68% of operations (154 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 32%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
18
154 landings
UA 1%
36
71 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 18 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 154 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
6.4
flights/day · 191 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.000 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.000 | — |
| AWOS | 120.025 | — |
| MAZON RC | 123.750 | — |
| OTHER | 123.750 | — |
| MAZON RC | 259.100 | — |
| OTHER | 259.100 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 3° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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