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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 84.4%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 82.5%

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 1 arrivals and 1 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 KMWC, 54 mi away (KC81 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMWC 261155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN008 OVC036 22/21 A2992 RMK AO2

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
41% of ops
269 land · 264 TO
27
31% of ops
199 land · 201 TO
24
15% of ops
99 land · 37 TO
06
13% of ops
82 land · 29 TO
Runway 09 carries 41% of operations (269 landings, 264 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

09 269 landings
UA 17%
27 199 landings
UA 14%
24 99 landings
UA 13%
06 82 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 09 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (45 UA events from 269 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
10.3
flights/day · 310 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–10pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (14.9 vs 9.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

92 · 33%
56 · 20%
22 · 8%
16 · 6%
13 · 5%
10 · 4%
Activity is led by (33% of 279 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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