📍 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
23
44% of ops
1,382 land · 1,477 TO
05
43% of ops
1,373 land · 859 TO
14
10% of ops
304 land · 113 TO
32
3% of ops
107 land · 96 TO
Runway 23 carries 44% of operations (1,382 landings, 1,477 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 43%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
23
1,382 landings
UA 7%
05
1,373 landings
UA 2%
14
304 landings
UA 12%
32
107 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (97 UA events from 1,382 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
52.7
flights/day · 1,582 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
64%
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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