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KVYS · VYS

Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field

41.35190°N
-89.15310°W
ARR / DAY
7
31.6%
DEP / DAY
3
20.0%

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 1 runway measuring 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KVYS 301538Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3010 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

6,000 FT MAX
18/36
6,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
61% of ops
322 land · 67 TO
36
39% of ops
202 land · 101 TO
Runway 18 carries 61% of operations (322 landings, 67 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

18 322 landings
UA 2%
36 202 landings
UA 4%GA 0.5%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 322 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
10.3
flights/day · 310 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 8pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (7.0 vs 12.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 254 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:21 UTC