Aurora Municipal
ARR · KARR · Chicago/Aurora, Illinois · Kane County · map
Aurora Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Aurora, 38 miles west of Chicago/Aurora, Illinois, 712 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,501 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KARR · observed 1:52 pm CDT (18:52 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 16 knots, gusting to 23
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KARR 061852Z 19016G23KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A2999 RMK AO2 RAB31E49 SLP155 P0000 T02280067
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ARR · ICAO KARR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Aurora
- Elevation
- 712 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1966
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,501 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,503 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,198 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.6 | Aurora |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.85 | Aurora |
| Ground · Clearance delivery When Aurora tower closed | 121.7 | Aurora |
| Approach and departure | 133.5 | Aurora |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 630-466-5649.
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Aircraft registered in Chicago/Aurora from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Aurora, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 27 since 1982, 5 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
- 800 feet for piston aircraft, and 1500 ftfor for jet aircraft.
- Seasonal crops in part 77 surfaces runway 9/27 and 15/33
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 09, 33; runway end identifier lights runway 18, 36,15, 27; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33, 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) services on frequency 122.95 and 123.50.
- Rising ground +6 feet.
- Several large cracks and vegetative growth.
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.