UGN

Waukegan National Airport

ICAO KUGN42.4222°N 87.8679°W728 ft / 222 mSmall airport
On the map
Waukegan Regional Airport - USGS 17 April 1998
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Waukegan National Airport (IATA: UGN, ICAO: KUGN) is a small airport in Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois, United States. It opened in Apr 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,001 ft (1,829 m). In 2025 it handled 300 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
APR 1947
OpenedWaukegan National Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05/23048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH6,001 ft1,829 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32144° / 324° · LIT
LENGTH3,750 ft1,143 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2025
129
113
167
218
214
300
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from UGN. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from UGN, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers300 (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,502of 3,974 · #930 North America · #684 USLongest runway6,001 ft1,829 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,581of 29,823 · =1,284 North America · =1,012 USElevation728 ft222 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,800of 43,341 · =10,838 North America · =8,952 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DCHICAGO APP/DEP120.550
ATISATIS132.400
CTAFCTAF120.050
GNDGND121.650
RDORDO122.550
TWRTWR120.050
UNICUNICOM122.950