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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
22
▼ 40.8%
DEP / DAY
24
▼ 39.6%

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 22 arrivals and 24 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

2h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
3 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 100751Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01940194

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
39% of ops
619 land · 672 TO
05
38% of ops
615 land · 432 TO
14
12% of ops
185 land · 56 TO
32
11% of ops
184 land · 263 TO
Runway 23 carries 39% of operations (619 landings, 672 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

23 619 landings
UA 7%
05 615 landings
UA 3%
14 185 landings
UA 12%
32 184 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 619 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
54.7
flights/day · 1,640 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 54.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (47.6 vs 60.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

422 · 35%
139 · 11%
84 · 7%
71 · 6%
62 · 5%
42 · 3%
Activity is led by (35% of 1,221 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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