Lake IN The Hills Airport
3CK · Chicago/Lake In the Hills, Illinois · Mc Henry County · map
Lake IN The Hills Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Lake In the Hills, 38 miles northwest of Chicago/Lake In the Hills, Illinois, 887 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3CK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Lake In the Hills
- Elevation
- 887 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.55 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Chicago/Lake In the Hills from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Lake In the Hills, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 08 calm wind runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.