KUGN — Waukegan Ntl
Chicago/Waukegan, IL · field elevation 728 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KUGN current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KUGN 111151Z 00000KT 7SM FEW035 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP119 60005 70006 T02060206 10233 20200 56014
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,577 ft · pressure altitude 738 ft
- Observed
- 25 minutes ago
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, 1,200–15,500 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KUGN — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KUGN — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.42215, -87.86792
- Elevation
- 728 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
- 1054Z / 0058Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2000
- Magnetic variation
- -3° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Lake, IL
Airport diagram
Everything else KUGN publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,001 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 14/32 | 3,750 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 132.4
- Tower 0600-2000
- 120.05
- Ground
- 121.65
- CTAF
- 120.05
- Approach
- 120.55
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 2 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KMKE General Mitchell Intl32 nm
- KDPA Dupage35 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KUGN 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.