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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
13
0.0%
DEP / DAY
11
1000.0%

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 13 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

57m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
9 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 151652Z 17009KT 10SM OVC012 24/22 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02390222

Runway intelligence

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

09
39% of ops
171 land · 185 TO
27
28% of ops
122 land · 131 TO
24
21% of ops
92 land · 34 TO
06
11% of ops
48 land · 25 TO
Runway 09 carries 39% of operations (171 landings, 185 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

09 171 landings
UA 5%
27 122 landings
UA 16%
24 92 landings
UA 12%
06 48 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 09 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 171 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
13.2
flights/day · 395 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 7pm · 10pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 13.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (10.8 vs 14.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 351 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
7/18/2007
My aviation birthplace.
I did my Private Pilot training here.
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