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Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field

41.83370°N
-89.44620°W
ARR / DAY
5
89.5%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) is a small general aviation airport located in Dixon, IL, 35 mi south west of Rockford. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,897 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KRFD, 31 mi away (KC73 does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
4 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 250054Z 09004KT 10SM BKN230 22/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02170133

Runway intelligence

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

26
79% of ops
96 land · 0 TO
30
19% of ops
23 land · 0 TO
12
2% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
08
1% of ops
1 land · 10 TO
Runway 26 carries 79% of operations (96 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

26 96 landings
UA 0%
30 23 landings
UA 0%
12 2 landings
UA 0%
08 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 96 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
4.9
flights/day · 146 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.4 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 127 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 126.000
APCH 327.000
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 118.575
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
785 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:36 UTC