📍 Chicago/Waukegan⬆ 727 ft2 runways
KUGN · UGN
Waukegan National Airport
42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
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 6,001 feet.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
34°F
Wind
8 kts
110°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
46% of ops
1,511 land · 934 TO
23
42% of ops
1,385 land · 1,477 TO
14
9% of ops
310 land · 113 TO
32
3% of ops
107 land · 96 TO
Runway 05 carries 46% of operations (1,511 landings, 934 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 42%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
05
1,511 landings
UA 2%
23
1,385 landings
UA 7%
14
310 landings
UA 12%
32
107 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 1,511 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
54.8
flights/day · 1,643 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
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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