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📍 Chicago/Romeoville⬆ 679 ft2 runways
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Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N
-88.09620°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 93.7%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 93.5%

Lewis University Airport (KLOT/LOT) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Romeoville, IL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 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

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KLOT 252345Z 18007KT 10SM OVC019 24/23 A2996

Runways

2 installed

6,500 FT MAX
02/20
6,500 ft × 100
CON● LITMED
09/27
5,500 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
50% of ops
4,071 land · 2,663 TO
20
20% of ops
1,630 land · 1,764 TO
02
19% of ops
1,587 land · 1,378 TO
09
11% of ops
871 land · 576 TO
Runway 27 carries 50% of operations (4,071 landings, 2,663 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

27 4,071 landings
UA 16%
20 1,630 landings
UA 6%
02 1,587 landings
UA 4%
09 871 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 27 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (670 UA events from 4,071 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
73.4
flights/day · 2,201 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 73.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (52.4 vs 84.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

1,144 · 66%
136 · 8%
70 · 4%
60 · 3%
45 · 3%
31 · 2%
Activity is led by (66% of 1,740 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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

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
airbound
05/11/2011
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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