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KUES · UES

Waukesha County Airport

43.04100°N
-88.23710°W
ARR / DAY
43
22.6%
DEP / DAY
44
25.6%

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 43 arrivals and 44 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
2 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUES 240555Z AUTO 29002KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A3004 RMK AO2 10214 20134

Runway intelligence

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

28
36% of ops
433 land · 447 TO
18
24% of ops
288 land · 266 TO
36
23% of ops
278 land · 222 TO
10
17% of ops
198 land · 36 TO
Runway 28 carries 36% of operations (433 landings, 447 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

28 433 landings
UA 7%
18 288 landings
UA 9%
36 278 landings
UA 13%
10 198 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 28 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 433 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
58.7
flights/day · 1,762 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 58.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (54.2 vs 63.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 1,144 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:18 UTC