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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
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31.8%
DEP / DAY
2
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27.3%
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 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
61% of ops
116 land · 25 TO
36
39% of ops
75 land · 36 TO
Runway 18 carries 61% of operations (116 landings, 25 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 39%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
18
116 landings
UA 2%
36
75 landings
UA 3%GA 1.3%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 116 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
8.9
flights/day · 267 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 8pm
Day vs night
68%
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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