Waukegan National Airport satellite view

📍 Chicago/Waukegan⬆ 727 ft2 runways

KUGN · UGN

Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N

-87.86790°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 73.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 73.1%

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 6,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago

Temp

68°F

Wind

6 kts

190°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KUGN 251251Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02000156

Runways

2 installed

6,001 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

47% of ops

1,671 land · 1,040 TO

40% of ops

1,421 land · 1,501 TO

9% of ops

328 land · 113 TO

4% of ops

125 land · 108 TO

Runway 05 carries 47% of operations (1,671 landings, 1,040 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

05 1,671 landings

UA 2%

23 1,421 landings

UA 8%

14 328 landings

UA 13%

32 125 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 1,671 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

58.4

flights/day · 1,753 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 58.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (72.2 vs 56.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 1,271 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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