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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲ 32.0%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 25.5%

Campbell Airport (KC81) is a small general aviation airport located in Grayslake, IL, 22 mi north east of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,573 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 8 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
0

Current weather

From KPWK, 17 mi away (KC81 does not publish METAR)

52m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
5 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPWK 271152Z 34005KT 10SM FEW090 FEW110 18/16 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T01780161 10211 20172 53013

Runways

2 installed

3,573 FT MAX
06/24
3,573 ft × 40
COP○ unlit
09/27
3,270 ft × 40
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

09
42% of ops
124 land · 88 TO
27
27% of ops
79 land · 120 TO
24
16% of ops
47 land · 18 TO
06
16% of ops
46 land · 14 TO
Runway 09 carries 42% of operations (124 landings, 88 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 124 landings
UA 15%
27 79 landings
UA 14%
24 47 landings
UA 13%
06 46 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 09 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 124 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
14.9
flights/day · 448 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 4pm
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 14.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (11.8 vs 16.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

126 · 30%
109 · 26%
20 · 5%
20 · 5%
17 · 4%
16 · 4%
Activity is led by (30% of 416 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 120.550 —
APCH 306.925 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
788 ft
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Oblivion
07/18/2007
My aviation birthplace.
I did my Private Pilot training here.
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