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Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan FieldIATA VYSModerate ground coverage
📍 Peru⬆ 654 ft2 runways
KVYS · VYS
Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field
41.35190°N
-89.15310°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼
18.4%
DEP / DAY
4
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0.0%
Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS/VYS) is a small general aviation airport located in Peru, IL, 49 mi north east of North Peoria. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
62% of ops
70 land · 27 TO
36
38% of ops
42 land · 21 TO
Runway 18 carries 62% of operations (70 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 38%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
18
70 landings
UA 6%
36
42 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 18 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 70 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
5.5
flights/day · 166 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.000 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.000 | — |
| AWOS | 120.025 | — |
| MAZON RC | 123.750 | — |
| OTHER | 123.750 | — |
| MAZON RC | 259.100 | — |
| OTHER | 259.100 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 3° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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