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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
46
14.1%
DEP / DAY
46
9.5%

Waukesha County Airport (KUES/UES) is a small general aviation airport located in Waukesha, WI, 17 mi west of Milwaukee. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,849 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 46 arrivals and 46 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 281645Z 25006KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3015

Runway intelligence

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

28
45% of ops
552 land · 587 TO
18
21% of ops
257 land · 233 TO
10
19% of ops
231 land · 40 TO
36
16% of ops
197 land · 147 TO
Runway 28 carries 45% of operations (552 landings, 587 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

28 552 landings
UA 8%
18 257 landings
UA 9%
10 231 landings
UA 10%
36 197 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 28 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (44 UA events from 552 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
60.4
flights/day · 1,812 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 60.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (47.9 vs 68.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 1,180 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.700
TWR 123.700 0600-2100
GND 121.600 0600-2100
ATIS 118.875 0600-2100
APCH 125.350
APCH 307.000
UNICOM 122.950
AWOS 118.875
AR OPS 38.300 0600-2100
OTHER 38.300 0600-2100
CD/P 121.600 0600-2100
OTHER 121.600 0600-2100
LCL/P 123.700 0600-2100
GOPAC ST 126.500
OTHER 126.500
CD/P 128.700
OTHER 128.700
GOPAC ST 307.000
OTHER 307.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:37 UTC