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49IL ·

Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N

-88.69170°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 41.2%

DEP / DAY

▼ 25.0%

Walnut Creek Airport (49IL) is a small general aviation airport located in Somonauk, IL, 22 mi south west of Aurora. It features 1 runway measuring 2,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Current weather

From KC09, 18 mi away (49IL does not publish METAR)

just now

Temp

75°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KC09 131723Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC018 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W

Runways

1 installed

2,200 FT MAX

09/27

2,200 ft × 100

TURF● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

57% of ops

64 land · 5 TO

43% of ops

48 land · 12 TO

Runway 09 carries 57% of operations (64 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

09 64 landings

UA 19%

27 48 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 09 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 64 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

3.8

flights/day · 113 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 4pm · 6pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.9 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 108 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 666 ft
Mag var:: 1° W

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