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KLOT · LOT

Lewis University Airport

41.60730°N

-88.09620°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 89.5%

DEP / DAY

▼ 90.0%

Lewis University Airport (KLOT/LOT) is a small general aviation airport located in Chicago/Romeoville, IL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

8 kts

40°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KLOT 102345Z 04008KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2995

Observed weather patterns

• 21 of 669 unstable approaches (3%) coincided with wind speeds above 20 kt or gusts above 25 kt, 3.0× the rate observed during clear conditions.

Statistical association, not causation. Last 30 days.

Runways

2 installed

6,500 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

45% of ops

2,218 land · 1,054 TO

22% of ops

1,066 land · 1,408 TO

19% of ops

917 land · 594 TO

14% of ops

711 land · 565 TO

Runway 27 carries 45% of operations (2,218 landings, 1,054 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

27 2,218 landings

UA 17%

20 1,066 landings

UA 13%

09 917 landings

UA 11%

02 711 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 27 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (373 UA events from 2,218 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

75.2

flights/day · 2,256 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 2pm · 6pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 75.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (52.0 vs 87.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (69% of 1,808 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	134.800	—
TWR	134.800	0600-2000
GND	120.425	0600-2000
ATIS	126.675	0600-2000
APCH	119.350	—
APCH	354.075	—
AWOS	126.675	—
LCL/P	134.800	0600-2000

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 679 ft
Mag var:: 2° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 360 s

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

airbound

05/11/2011

LOT - Lewis - Mixed traffic

Busy field during primary training with mixed traffic. Pattern always seemed full and extending downwind was normal.

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