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Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field

41.83370°N
-89.44620°W
ARR / DAY
5
54.2%
DEP / DAY
2
40.0%

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

Current weather

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

16m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
6 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 161354Z 05006KT 10SM BKN070 OVC130 19/14 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP262 T01890144 $

Runway intelligence

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

26
73% of ops
153 land · 3 TO
30
21% of ops
44 land · 1 TO
08
3% of ops
7 land · 27 TO
12
3% of ops
6 land · 5 TO
Runway 26 carries 73% of operations (153 landings, 3 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

26 153 landings
UA 0%
30 44 landings
UA 0%
08 7 landings
UA 0%
12 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 153 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
6.8
flights/day · 205 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 7.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 176 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 14:10 UTC