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Lake in the Hills Airport

42.20680°N
-88.32300°W
ARR / DAY
23
▲ 129.6%
DEP / DAY
31
▲ 125.3%

Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Lake in the Hills, IL. It features 1 runway measuring 3,058 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 31 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDPA, 21 mi away (K3CK does not publish METAR)

16m ago
Temp
38°F
Wind
13 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KDPA 131552Z 36013KT 10SM CLR 03/M02 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP187 T00331017 $

Runways

1 installed

3,058 FT MAX
08/26
3,058 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

26
54% of ops
684 land · 773 TO
08
46% of ops
578 land · 577 TO
Runway 26 carries 54% of operations (684 landings, 773 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

26 684 landings
UA 7%
08 578 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 26 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (48 UA events from 684 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
39.2
flights/day · 1,177 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 39.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (51.2 vs 36.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 1,084 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 120.550 —
APCH 306.925 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
airbound
5/10/2011
3CK - Lake in the Hills - Blue Skies Pilot Shop
Just an awesome training, flying service and friendly people around.
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