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Waukegan National Airport

42.42220°N
-87.86790°W
ARR / DAY
36
▼ 30.9%
DEP / DAY
43
▼ 21.5%

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 36 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

54m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
7 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KUGN 062351Z 03007KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02330128 10256 20233 58005

Runways

2 installed

6,001 FT MAX
05/23
6,001 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
3,750 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
47% of ops
663 land · 779 TO
05
34% of ops
480 land · 304 TO
14
12% of ops
170 land · 49 TO
32
8% of ops
108 land · 89 TO
Runway 23 carries 47% of operations (663 landings, 779 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

23 663 landings
UA 10%
05 480 landings
UA 12%
14 170 landings
UA 12%
32 108 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 23 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (67 UA events from 663 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
69.8
flights/day · 2,094 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 69.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (77.1 vs 70.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

541 · 36%
114 · 8%
107 · 7%
105 · 7%
86 · 6%
69 · 5%
Activity is led by (36% of 1,508 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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