Waukegan Ntl Airport
UGN · KUGN · Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois · Lake County · map
Waukegan Ntl Airport is a public-use airport owned by Waukegan Port District, 35 miles north of Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois, 728 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 133 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 48,702 takeoffs and landings a year. About 92 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Waukegan Ntl Airport?
Its FAA code is UGN, and its ICAO code is KUGN.
Where is Waukegan Ntl Airport?
It is 35 miles north of Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois, 728 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Waukegan Ntl Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 6,001 feet long.
Does Waukegan Ntl Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Waukegan Ntl Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Waukegan Ntl Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago Midway International, Chicago Executive, Teterboro, Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field, Washington Dulles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Waukegan Ntl Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Stick & Rudder Club INC and Waukegan Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Waukegan Ntl Airport?
23 pilot examiners and 38 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Waukegan Ntl Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UGN · ICAO KUGN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Waukegan Port District
- Elevation
- 728 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,750 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 12 ft high 281 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, road 1 ft high 245 ft from the end
- Runway 14: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 489 ft, road 29 ft high 205 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.05 | Waukegan |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.4 | Waukegan |
| Ground | 121.65 | Waukegan |
| Approach and departure | 120.55 | Waukegan |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Waukegan |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 | Waukegan |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 847-782-0876.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Kenosha Regional (11 nm north), Chicago Executive (19 nm south), Batten International (20 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Atctvt approach lights (MALSR) runway 23; runway end identifier lights runway 05; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency
- Fuel is provided by a dod contract. 100 LL available 24HR with credit card from self serve pump on transient ramp.
- Approach ratio is 26:1 at displaced thld.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 82 departures from UGN in those twelve months, carrying 115 passengers in 1,094 seats (11% filled), to 33 destinations (2 abroad) on 3 airlines.
All 33 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 85 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 39 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,702, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 11 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,413 |
| general aviation, travelling | 36,135 |
| general aviation, local | 8,882 |
| military | 261 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chicago/Waukegan from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Waukegan, IL as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Stick & Rudder Club INC 4 aircraft · Waukegan, 4 miles away Stick & Rudder Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club located at Waukegan Airport in Illinois, operating since 1948.
- Waukegan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Waukegan, 4 miles away
- North Shore Flying Club 1 aircraft · Libertyville, 11 miles away
- Westosha Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Kenosha, 12 miles away Westosha Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Kenosha Regional Airport in Wisconsin.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 22 for private pilot, 18 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 15 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 21 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 38 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 4 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Christopher Ray Greene private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Waukegan, IL (1 nm) · (603) 738-2686 · [email protected]
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Skill Aviation LLC · Waukegan, IL (1 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Donald Goss private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Skill Aviation · Waukegan, IL (9 nm) · (847) 226-7326 · [email protected]
- David Klein private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Antioch, IL (10 nm) · (973) 879-5740 · [email protected]
- Gail Sue Lapook private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Wauconda, IL (15 nm) · (708) 601-6219 · [email protected]
- Michael Biewenga private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Arlington Heights, IL (19 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
- David Mckinney Monroe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cary, IL (20 nm) · (847) 736-8171 · [email protected]
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (24 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
All 97 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Stick & Rudder Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Waukegan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- North Shore Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Chicago Midway International (MDW) 17 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Chicago Executive (PWK) 13 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Teterboro (TEB) 5 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field (ASE) 4 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 4 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Miami-Opa Locka Executive (OPF) 4 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Eagle River Union (EGV) 3 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Palm Springs International (PSP) 3 flights in twelve months · Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UGN.json.
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 21, 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.