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📍 Chicago/Aurora⬆ 712 ft3 runways
KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
53
▲ 9.1%
DEP / DAY
57
▲ 12.5%

Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR/AUZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Aurora, IL. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 53 arrivals and 57 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

25m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
3 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KARR 271452Z 06003KT 9SM CLR 17/13 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01670133 51005

Runway intelligence

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

09
38% of ops
836 land · 600 TO
27
31% of ops
664 land · 273 TO
15
14% of ops
310 land · 207 TO
33
9% of ops
197 land · 130 TO
18
5% of ops
103 land · 4 TO
36
3% of ops
66 land · 2 TO
Runway 09 carries 38% of operations (836 landings, 600 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

09 836 landings
UA 3%
27 664 landings
UA 5%
15 310 landings
UA 3%
33 197 landings
UA 6%
18 103 landings
UA 13%
36 66 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 09 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 836 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
79.7
flights/day · 2,392 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 79.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (64.8 vs 89.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 1,831 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.600 —
TWR 120.600 0700-2100
GND 121.700 0700-2100
ATIS 125.850 0700-2100
APCH 133.500 —
APCH 349.000 —
LCL/P 120.600 0700-2100
OTHER 121.700 —
CD/P 121.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
712 ft
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100, A1

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 327 s
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 15:17 UTC