Lewis University Airport
LOT · KLOT · Chicago/Romeoville, Illinois · Will County · map
Lewis University Airport is a public-use airport owned by Joliet Regional Port Dist, 20 miles southwest of Chicago/Romeoville, Illinois, 679 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 6,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 133 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 92,868 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lewis University Airport?
Its FAA code is LOT, and its ICAO code is KLOT.
Where is Lewis University Airport?
It is 20 miles southwest of Chicago/Romeoville, Illinois, 679 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lewis University Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 02/20, is 6,500 feet long.
Does Lewis University Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lewis University Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Lewis University Airport?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Lewis University and Great Lakes Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lewis University Airport?
24 pilot examiners and 29 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 Lewis University Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LOT · ICAO KLOT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Joliet Regional Port Dist
- Elevation
- 679 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- 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
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,500 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 5,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, ant 190 ft high 4,999 ft from the end
- Runway 09: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 134.8 | Lewis |
| Digital ATIS · Lot and aWOS-3PT | 126.675 | Lewis |
| Ground | 120.425 | Lewis |
| Approach and departure | 119.35 | Lewis |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 815-588-4802.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bolingbrook'S Clow International (5 nm north), Joliet Regional (6 nm southwest), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (18 nm southwest).
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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 09/27 preset on low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Activate runway end identifier lights runways 02/20 and 09/27 and PAPI runways 02/ 20 and 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- North parking ramp closed to all multi engine aircraft.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiways N1 and N2 closed to fixed wing aircraft more than 6000LB.
- BA conditions are not rprtd between 2100 - 0600.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 110 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 92,868, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,125 |
| general aviation, travelling | 45,198 |
| general aviation, local | 46,149 |
| military | 391 |
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/Romeoville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Romeoville, 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:
- Lewis University 38 aircraft · Romeoville, 1 mile away
- Great Lakes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Romeoville, 1 mile away
- Jwa Flight School LLC 5 aircraft · Bolingbrook, 6 miles away JWA Flight School is a Part 61 flight training provider located at Clow Airport in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
- Naperville Flying Club 4 aircraft · Woodridge, 9 miles away The Naperville Flying Club is an equity-based flying club incorporated in 1958 that operates four IFR-certified single-engine aircraft from Naper Aero Club (LL10), a privately owned airfield in the Chicagoland area.
- Business Mens Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Naperville, 10 miles away
- Redhawk Flyers 1 aircraft · Palos Park, 14 miles away
- Chicago Glider Club 6 aircraft · Minooka, 15 miles away The Chicago Glider Club is a flying club based in Minooka, Illinois, founded in 1953.
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
24 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 24 for private pilot, 19 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 22 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 29 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Keith McGill private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plainfield, IL (6 nm) · (815) 483-3931 · [email protected]
- Gregory Mark Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oswego, IL (10 nm) · (815) 474-0202 · [email protected]
- Ronald Neal Ridenour private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Naperville, IL (10 nm) · (630) 854-9456 · [email protected]
- Kevin Carlyle Lindsay private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Naperville, IL (12 nm) · (708) 655-4901 · [email protected]
- Matthew Edward Massey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorkville, IL (15 nm) · (815) 546-3664 · [email protected]
- Logan Arlis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Dupage Airport · West Chicago, IL (18 nm) · (630) 327-8074 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (19 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (20 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
All 79 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 · 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. 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 18 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Lewis University 38 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Great Lakes Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Jwa Flight School LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LOT.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 26, 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.