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49IL ·
Walnut Creek Airport
41.59330°N
-88.69170°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲
84.2%
DEP / DAY
1
▲
33.3%
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 5 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 6 total
Current weather
From KDPA, 32 mi away (49IL does not publish METAR)
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
09/27
2,200 ft × 100
TURF● LITLOW
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
67% of ops
98 land · 8 TO
27
33% of ops
49 land · 9 TO
Runway 09 carries 67% of operations (98 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 33%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
98 landings
UA 14%
27
49 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 09 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 98 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
5.4
flights/day · 162 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 12am
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Elevation:
- 666 ft
- Mag var:
- 1° W
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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