Airports / KDKB / De Kalb Taylor Municipal AirportGood ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport satellite view
📍 De Kalb⬆ 914 ft2 runways
KDKB ·

De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport

41.93370°N
-88.70570°W
ARR / DAY
18
▲ 63.6%
DEP / DAY
18
▲ 50.0%

De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB) is a small general aviation airport located in De Kalb, IL, 23 mi west of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,227 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
8 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KDKB 140235Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM SCT075 SCT090 SCT120 20/15 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T01980154

Runway intelligence

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

02
27% of ops
224 land · 221 TO
20
27% of ops
222 land · 156 TO
09
25% of ops
203 land · 92 TO
27
21% of ops
173 land · 115 TO
Runway 02 carries 27% of operations (224 landings, 221 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

02 224 landings
UA 7%
20 222 landings
UA 3%
09 203 landings
UA 6%
27 173 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 02 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 224 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
32.2
flights/day · 967 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 32.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (28.8 vs 35.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 757 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 133.500 —
APCH 349.000 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 119.075 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 05:07 UTC