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K8N2 ·

Skydive Chicago Airport

41.39980°N

-88.79390°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 12.5%

DEP / DAY

▼ 50.0%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

81% of ops

51 land · 5 TO

19% of ops

12 land · 3 TO

Runway 21 carries 81% of operations (51 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

21 51 landings

UA 0%

03 12 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 51 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

3.2

flights/day · 97 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 4pm · 2pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.2× weekday (5.5 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 94 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.725	—
UNICOM	122.725	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 616 ft
Mag var:: 1° W

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