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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
13
68.4%
DEP / DAY
12
72.0%

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 13 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 231545Z 27008KT 10SM BKN055 22/12 A3017

Runway intelligence

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

10
40% of ops
1,479 land · 72 TO
28
34% of ops
1,257 land · 1,425 TO
36
13% of ops
491 land · 461 TO
18
12% of ops
432 land · 262 TO
Runway 10 carries 40% of operations (1,479 landings, 72 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

10 1,479 landings
UA 8%
28 1,257 landings
UA 8%
36 491 landings
UA 11%
18 432 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 10 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (116 UA events from 1,479 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
59.3
flights/day · 1,779 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 59.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (60.1 vs 61.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 1,133 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 06:46 UTC