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Walnut Creek Airport

41.59330°N
-88.69170°W
ARR / DAY
1
78.3%
DEP / DAY
0
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 7 days.

Current weather

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

52m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
10 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KDPA 251652Z 22010KT 10SM OVC020 22/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02220183

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
54% of ops
134 land · 10 TO
27
46% of ops
115 land · 22 TO
Runway 09 carries 54% of operations (134 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

09 134 landings
UA 15%
27 115 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 09 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 134 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
3.0
flights/day · 89 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 8pm · 2pm
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.1 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 88 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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