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Lake in the Hills Airport

42.20680°N
-88.32300°W
ARR / DAY
22
20.7%
DEP / DAY
25
25.5%

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 22 arrivals and 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

17m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
5 kts
20°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
KDPA 140652Z 02005KT 4SM -RA BR FEW017 BKN044 OVC110 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S RAB0553 SLP159 P0009 T01940194

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
62% of ops
2,238 land · 2,468 TO
08
38% of ops
1,390 land · 1,347 TO
Runway 26 carries 62% of operations (2,238 landings, 2,468 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

26 2,238 landings
UA 5%
08 1,390 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 26 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (104 UA events from 2,238 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
48.0
flights/day · 1,440 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 48.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (39.6 vs 53.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 1,302 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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