📍 Chicago/Romeoville⬆ 679 ft2 runways

KLOT · LOT

Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N

-88.09620°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 113.6%

DEP / DAY

▲ 121.4%

Lewis University Airport (KLOT/LOT) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Romeoville, IL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,697 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 72 arrivals and 75 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago

Temp

41°F

Wind

11 kts

360°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KLOT 121445Z 36011G22KT 10SM BKN023 BKN070 BKN080 05/02 A2991

Runways

2 installed

5,697 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

47% of ops

1,220 land · 1,044 TO

24% of ops

629 land · 583 TO

16% of ops

423 land · 498 TO

13% of ops

343 land · 251 TO

Runway 27 carries 47% of operations (1,220 landings, 1,044 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,220 landings

UA 15%

09 629 landings

UA 4%

20 423 landings

UA 8%

02 343 landings

UA 2%

Approaches to 27 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (182 UA events from 1,220 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

87.2

flights/day · 2,617 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 8pm · 6pm

Day vs night

58%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 87.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (91.4 vs 89.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 2,146 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	134.800	—
TWR	134.800	0600-2000
GND	120.425	0600-2000
ATIS	126.675	0600-2000
APCH	119.350	—
APCH	354.075	—
AWOS	126.675	—
LCL/P	134.800	0600-2000

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 679 ft
Mag var:: 2° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 327 s

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

airbound

5/11/2011

LOT - Lewis - Mixed traffic

Busy field during primary training with mixed traffic. Pattern always seemed full and extending downwind was normal.

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