Dupage Airport
DPA · KDPA · Chicago/West Chicago, Illinois · Du Page County · map
Dupage Airport is a public-use airport, 29 miles west of Chicago/West Chicago, Illinois, 758 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 02L/20R, is 7,571 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 236 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 165,371 takeoffs and landings a year. About 102 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KDPA · observed 4:52 pm CDT (21:52 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 14 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 30,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 30,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDPA 062152Z 21014G21KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02170072
TAF KDPA 061720Z 0618/0718 21013G24KT P6SM FEW300 FM062300 20008KT P6SM SCT060 SCT300 FM071400 30009KT P6SM SCT250
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 DPA · ICAO KDPA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 758 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02L/20R | 7,571 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02R/20L | 6,451 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 4,750 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 3,399 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02L: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 20R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 02R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 10: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, runway lead-in lights, building 34 ft high 1,743 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 91 ft high 1,750 ft from the end
- Runway 33: threshold displaced 190 ft, tree 55 ft high 893 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.075 | Dupage |
| Clearance delivery | 119.75 | Dupage |
| Ground | 121.8 | Dupage |
| Tower | 120.9 | Dupage |
| Tower (secondary) | 124.5 | Dupage |
| Approach and departure | 133.5 | Dupage |
| Dupage and rco | 122.3 | Dupage |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 630-587-3668.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 165,371, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Chicago/West Chicago from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/West Chicago, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 53 since 1982, 10 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
- Deer, coyote, birds and migratory waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- ATC-CTL
- 100LL self ser available 24HR with credit card.
- +13 feet road 199 feet from runway end 125 feet R.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees right and left of centerline.
- Approach ratio is 20:1 to displaced thld.
- Aircraft on short final to runway 15 are not vsb from the control tower due to trees.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B prior permission required
- U.S. customs service available prior permission required.
- Int departure runway 20R at taxiway G has 6141'.
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.