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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KUGN · observed 3:51 pm CDT (20:51 UTC), 30 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 16 knots, gusting to 23
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 KUGN 062051Z 20016G23KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02220067 56034
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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/Waukegan from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Waukegan, IL as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.