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📍 Chicago/Aurora⬆ 712 ft3 runways
KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
62
16.3%
DEP / DAY
63
18.6%

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 62 arrivals and 63 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
6 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KARR 032152Z 21006KT 10SM BKN100 33/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP123 T03280233

Runway intelligence

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

27
51% of ops
1,781 land · 820 TO
33
17% of ops
612 land · 642 TO
09
17% of ops
583 land · 215 TO
15
6% of ops
209 land · 81 TO
18
5% of ops
166 land · 9 TO
36
5% of ops
162 land · 5 TO
Runway 27 carries 51% of operations (1,781 landings, 820 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,781 landings
UA 6%
33 612 landings
UA 6%
09 583 landings
UA 4%
15 209 landings
UA 10%
18 166 landings
UA 18%
36 162 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 27 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (109 UA events from 1,781 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
88.5
flights/day · 2,654 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 88.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (72.5 vs 98.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 1,972 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 11 AM · 1 movement every 300 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 17:51 UTC