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Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field

41.83370°N
-89.44620°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

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 3,899 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KRPJ, 19 mi away (KC73 does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
—
METAR KRPJ 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC038 17/17 A2996 RMK AO2 P0002 T01730173

Runway intelligence

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

26
64% of ops
75 land · 5 TO
30
21% of ops
25 land · 2 TO
12
9% of ops
11 land · 6 TO
08
6% of ops
7 land · 28 TO
Runway 26 carries 64% of operations (75 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

26 75 landings
UA 0%
30 25 landings
UA 0%
12 11 landings
UA 0%
08 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 75 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
6.1
flights/day · 182 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (7.1 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 147 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 08:38 UTC