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📍 Chicago/Aurora⬆ 712 ft3 runways
KARR · AUZ

Aurora Municipal Airport

41.77190°N
-88.47570°W
ARR / DAY
54
▼ 1.6%
DEP / DAY
56
▲ 5.4%

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 54 arrivals and 56 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
3 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KARR 160252Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM SCT110 21/19 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP206 60000 T02110194 51021 $

Runways

3 installed

6,501 FT MAX
09/27
6,501 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
15/33
5,502 ft × 100
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
3,199 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
46% of ops
1,550 land · 713 TO
33
21% of ops
700 land · 717 TO
09
13% of ops
435 land · 182 TO
15
11% of ops
372 land · 222 TO
36
5% of ops
158 land · 3 TO
18
4% of ops
143 land · 9 TO
Runway 27 carries 46% of operations (1,550 landings, 713 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,550 landings
UA 6%
33 700 landings
UA 6%
09 435 landings
UA 3%
15 372 landings
UA 5%
36 158 landings
UA 6%
18 143 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 27 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (86 UA events from 1,550 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
93.9
flights/day · 2,817 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 93.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (81.2 vs 103.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

944 · 45%
390 · 19%
116 · 6%
111 · 5%
88 · 4%
51 · 2%
Activity is led by (45% of 2,092 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 12 PM · 1 movement every 277 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
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