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Skydive Chicago Airport

41.39980°N
-88.79390°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
5
0.0%

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 0 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KVYS, 19 mi away (K8N2 does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KVYS 151058Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA OVC006 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 P0002

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
78% of ops
179 land · 47 TO
03
22% of ops
51 land · 57 TO
Runway 21 carries 78% of operations (179 landings, 47 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

21 179 landings
UA 6%
03 51 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 21 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 179 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
8.8
flights/day · 265 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 8.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (6.0 vs 10.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 256 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 11:26 UTC