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Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field

41.83370°N
-89.44620°W
ARR / DAY
2
75.0%
DEP / DAY
0
84.6%

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 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KFEP, 29 mi away (KC73 does not publish METAR)

39m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFEP 251555Z AUTO 23005KT 7SM OVC007 21/20 A3003 RMK AO2 T02100202

Runway intelligence

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

26
75% of ops
341 land · 10 TO
30
17% of ops
78 land · 0 TO
12
5% of ops
22 land · 8 TO
08
4% of ops
16 land · 32 TO
Runway 26 carries 75% of operations (341 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

26 341 landings
UA 1%
30 78 landings
UA 0%
12 22 landings
UA 0%
08 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 341 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
6.0
flights/day · 179 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 6.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.8 vs 6.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (54% of 155 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 16:34 UTC