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Campbell Airport

42.32460°N
-88.07410°W
ARR / DAY
10
51.1%
DEP / DAY
8
23.9%

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 10 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

35m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
4 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPWK 161352Z 03004KT 10SM BKN110 19/16 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP259 T01890161 $

Runway intelligence

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

09
41% of ops
238 land · 158 TO
27
39% of ops
229 land · 263 TO
24
10% of ops
58 land · 44 TO
06
10% of ops
57 land · 10 TO
Runway 09 carries 41% of operations (238 landings, 158 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

09 238 landings
UA 20%
27 229 landings
UA 19%
24 58 landings
UA 16%
06 57 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 09 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (47 UA events from 238 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
17.8
flights/day · 534 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 17.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (17.0 vs 19.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 489 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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