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Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N
-88.69170°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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.

Current weather

From KDPA, 32 mi away (49IL does not publish METAR)

52m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDPA 270052Z 22006KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02890250

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

09
55% of ops
130 land · 4 TO
27
45% of ops
106 land · 22 TO
Runway 09 carries 55% of operations (130 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

09 130 landings
UA 15%
27 106 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 09 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 130 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
2.8
flights/day · 83 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 8pm
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.1 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 83 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
666 ft
Mag var:
1° W
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