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K8N2 ·

Skydive Chicago Airport

41.39980°N
-88.79390°W
ARR / DAY
2
56.3%
DEP / DAY
4
39.5%

Skydive Chicago Airport (K8N2) is a small general aviation airport located in Ottawa, IL, 35 mi south west of Aurora. It features 1 runway measuring 4,522 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KIKK, 54 mi away (K8N2 does not publish METAR)

59m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
4 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KIKK 131855Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM VCTS SCT034 OVC039 25/23 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW THRU N T02460232

Runways

1 installed

4,522 FT MAX
03/21
4,522 ft × 50
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

21
75% of ops
208 land · 61 TO
03
25% of ops
69 land · 60 TO
Runway 21 carries 75% of operations (208 landings, 61 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

21 208 landings
UA 5%
03 69 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 21 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 208 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
9.1
flights/day · 272 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 10pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–10pm local, averaging 9.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (6.0 vs 10.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 261 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
UNICOM 122.725
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
616 ft
Mag var:
1° W

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:54 UTC