Waukegan National Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Waukegan Port District | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
Location | Waukegan, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 727 ft / 222 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°25′20″N 087°52′04″W / 42.42222°N 87.86778°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.waukeganairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Waukegan National Airport ( IATA: UGN, ICAO: KUGN, FAA LID: UGN) is a public airport in Waukegan, [1] in Lake County, Illinois. [2] The airport is 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago. [2] It was originally Waukegan Memorial Airport. [3] It has been operated by the Waukegan Port District since 1956.[ citation needed] In January 2014 under a FAA reclassification of many small airports, the airport was renamed Waukegan National Airport [1] [4]
The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, [5] categorized it as a reliever airport for Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Runway upgrades began in 2022. [1] [6]
During the 2020 Kenosha unrest, US President Donald Trump flew into Waukegan on his way to assess the damage in Kenosha, Wisconsin. [7]
Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres (240 ha) at an elevation of 727 feet (222 m). Its two runways are asphalt surfaces over concrete pavements: runway 5/23 is 6,000 feet long and 150 feet wide (1,829 x 46 m) and runway 14/32 is 3,751 feet long and 75 feet wide (1,143 x 23 m). [2]
In 2021, the airport announced a proposal to purchase 52 acres of land from the Lake County Forest Preserves to build a longer, extended runway parallel to runway 5/23. Though nothing would have been built on the land, the airport would have needed to remove some trees and swamp from the area for federally-mandated safety buffers. An environmental assessment and public hearings must be completed before the plan can move forward. [8] Plans to build the runway are stalled as of 2024, and the required public hearings have yet to be scheduled. [9]
As of July 2018, there are 123 flights per day at UGN: 47% transient general aviation, 43% local general aviation, 8% air taxi, 2% military, and <1% commercial. There are 114 aircraft based at the field, including 74 single engine airplanes, 29 jets, 10 multiengine airplanes, and 1 helicopter. [10]
While no public transit service is provided directly to the airport, Pace provides bus service nearby.
Waukegan National Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Waukegan Port District | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
Location | Waukegan, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 727 ft / 222 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°25′20″N 087°52′04″W / 42.42222°N 87.86778°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.waukeganairport.com | ||||||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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Statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Waukegan National Airport ( IATA: UGN, ICAO: KUGN, FAA LID: UGN) is a public airport in Waukegan, [1] in Lake County, Illinois. [2] The airport is 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago. [2] It was originally Waukegan Memorial Airport. [3] It has been operated by the Waukegan Port District since 1956.[ citation needed] In January 2014 under a FAA reclassification of many small airports, the airport was renamed Waukegan National Airport [1] [4]
The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, [5] categorized it as a reliever airport for Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Runway upgrades began in 2022. [1] [6]
During the 2020 Kenosha unrest, US President Donald Trump flew into Waukegan on his way to assess the damage in Kenosha, Wisconsin. [7]
Waukegan National Airport covers 600 acres (240 ha) at an elevation of 727 feet (222 m). Its two runways are asphalt surfaces over concrete pavements: runway 5/23 is 6,000 feet long and 150 feet wide (1,829 x 46 m) and runway 14/32 is 3,751 feet long and 75 feet wide (1,143 x 23 m). [2]
In 2021, the airport announced a proposal to purchase 52 acres of land from the Lake County Forest Preserves to build a longer, extended runway parallel to runway 5/23. Though nothing would have been built on the land, the airport would have needed to remove some trees and swamp from the area for federally-mandated safety buffers. An environmental assessment and public hearings must be completed before the plan can move forward. [8] Plans to build the runway are stalled as of 2024, and the required public hearings have yet to be scheduled. [9]
As of July 2018, there are 123 flights per day at UGN: 47% transient general aviation, 43% local general aviation, 8% air taxi, 2% military, and <1% commercial. There are 114 aircraft based at the field, including 74 single engine airplanes, 29 jets, 10 multiengine airplanes, and 1 helicopter. [10]
While no public transit service is provided directly to the airport, Pace provides bus service nearby.