KARR — Aurora Muni
Chicago/Aurora, IL · field elevation 712 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KARR current weather
IFR ceiling 500–1,000 ft or visibility 1–3 statute miles
METAR KARR 111152Z 05008KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC024 23/22 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02280222 10239 20217 53004
- Wind
- from 050° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 2,400 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,818 ft · pressure altitude 722 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 050° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 09 | 6 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 36 | 5 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 33 | 1 kt head | 8 kt from the right |
| 15 | 1 kt tail | 8 kt from the left |
| 18 | 5 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 27 | 6 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
7 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–8,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KARR — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KARR — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 41.77192, -88.47567
- Elevation
- 712 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1058Z / 0059Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- -1° (1990)
- Fuel
- 100,A1
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Kane, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KARR publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,501 | 100 | CONC | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 5,503 | 100 | CONC | HIGH |
| 18/36 | 3,198 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 125.85
- Tower 0700-2100
- 120.6
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN AURORA TWR CLSD
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 120.6
- Approach
- 133.5
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LE, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 6 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KRPJ Rochelle Muni/Koritz Fld28 nm
- KORD Chicago O'hare Intl28 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KARR airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Illinois airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.