📍 Chicago/Romeoville⬆ 679 ft2 runways

KLOT · LOT

Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N

-88.09620°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 30.7%

DEP / DAY

103

▲ 40.7%

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 96 arrivals and 103 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

10 kts

190°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KLOT 130130Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2977 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

5,697 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

33% of ops

1,006 land · 1,035 TO

29% of ops

894 land · 713 TO

23% of ops

706 land · 584 TO

16% of ops

488 land · 620 TO

Runway 09 carries 33% of operations (1,006 landings, 1,035 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

09 1,006 landings

UA 6%

27 894 landings

UA 17%

02 706 landings

UA 2%

20 488 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 09 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (58 UA events from 1,006 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

104.9

flights/day · 3,147 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 8pm · 4pm

Day vs night

57%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 104.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (81.5 vs 118.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (69% of 2,628 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

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 300 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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