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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
38
▲ 2.3%
DEP / DAY
43
▲ 3.1%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 300751Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01440133 $

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
47% of ops
1,297 land · 1,415 TO
05
37% of ops
1,035 land · 682 TO
14
11% of ops
294 land · 135 TO
32
6% of ops
158 land · 190 TO
Runway 23 carries 47% of operations (1,297 landings, 1,415 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 1,297 landings
UA 6%
05 1,035 landings
UA 3%
14 294 landings
UA 9%
32 158 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (77 UA events from 1,297 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
67.9
flights/day · 2,037 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 67.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (58.1 vs 74.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

594 · 41%
142 · 10%
95 · 6%
92 · 6%
59 · 4%
49 · 3%
Activity is led by (41% of 1,463 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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