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Walnut Creek Airport

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

48m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
6 kts
50°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
KDPA 141352Z 05006KT 5SM BR BKN009 BKN015 OVC100 23/22 A3008 RMK AO2 CIG 006V011 SLP181 T02280217

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
71% of ops
227 land · 13 TO
27
29% of ops
94 land · 6 TO
Runway 09 carries 71% of operations (227 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

09 227 landings
UA 13%
27 94 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 09 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 227 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
6.6
flights/day · 199 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 8pm · 11pm
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (3.4 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 199 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport 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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