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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 92,868 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLOT · observed 5:45 pm CDT (22:45 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 8 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KLOT 062245Z 20008G15KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A2993
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 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
- 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
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 92,868, 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/Romeoville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Romeoville, 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
- 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.
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.