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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
36
▲ 31.6%
DEP / DAY
39
▲ 35.8%

Waukegan National Airport (KUGN/UGN) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Waukegan, IL, 34 mi north east of Elgin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 36 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
5 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 241351Z 18005KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3041 RMK AO2 SLP300 T01280078

Runways

2 installed

6,000 FT MAX
05/23
6,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
3,751 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
40% of ops
475 land · 568 TO
05
37% of ops
435 land · 246 TO
14
18% of ops
209 land · 125 TO
32
5% of ops
59 land · 59 TO
Runway 23 carries 40% of operations (475 landings, 568 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

23 475 landings
UA 6%
05 435 landings
UA 6%
14 209 landings
UA 7%
32 59 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 23 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 475 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
61.6
flights/day · 1,847 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 61.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (67.8 vs 62.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

448 · 33%
167 · 12%
83 · 6%
58 · 4%
57 · 4%
53 · 4%
Activity is led by (33% of 1,345 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.050 —
TWR 120.050 0600-2000
TWR 273.550 0600-2000
GND 121.650 0600-2000
ATIS 132.400 0600-2000
APCH 120.550 —
LCL/P 120.050 0600-2000
EMERG 121.500 0600-2000
GOPAC ST 126.500 —
OTHER 126.500 —
LCL/P 273.550 0600-2000
GOPAC ST 307.000 —
OTHER 307.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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