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Lake in the Hills Airport

42.20680°N
-88.32300°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 66.7%
DEP / DAY
11
▼ 80.4%

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 15 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KBUU, 33 mi away (K3CK does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBUU 312355Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 30/27 A2991 RMK AO2 T03040265 10337 20295 PWINO

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

08
67% of ops
997 land · 1,123 TO
26
33% of ops
487 land · 502 TO
Runway 08 carries 67% of operations (997 landings, 1,123 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

08 997 landings
UA 5%
26 487 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 08 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 997 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
42.2
flights/day · 1,266 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 42.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (44.5 vs 43.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 1,161 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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