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KLOT · LOT

Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N

-88.09620°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 33.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 31.8%

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 38 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

6 kts

90°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KLOT 140230Z AUTO 09006G12KT 8SM VCTS RA SCT006 BKN048 OVC080 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-SW

Runways

2 installed

5,697 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

49% of ops

2,733 land · 1,923 TO

20% of ops

1,128 land · 1,125 TO

18% of ops

1,024 land · 930 TO

12% of ops

685 land · 513 TO

Runway 27 carries 49% of operations (2,733 landings, 1,923 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 2,733 landings

UA 22%

20 1,128 landings

UA 4%

02 1,024 landings

UA 1%

09 685 landings

UA 3%

Approaches to 27 show a 22% unstable-approach rate (604 UA events from 2,733 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

81.5

flights/day · 2,444 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 6pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 81.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (59.8 vs 93.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (65% of 1,885 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 9 AM · 1 movement every 360 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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