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49IL ·

Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N

-88.69170°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

1h ago

Temp

66°F

Wind

6 kts

30°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDPA 161352Z 03006KT 10SM OVC140 19/16 A3029 RMK AO2 RAE34 SLP255 T01890161 PNO

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

61% of ops

112 land · 14 TO

39% of ops

73 land · 20 TO

Runway 09 carries 61% of operations (112 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

09 112 landings

UA 27%

27 73 landings

UA 19%

Approaches to 09 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 112 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

4.1

flights/day · 123 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

63%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (4.8 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 113 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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