# Waukegan National Airport (UGN / KUGN)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kugn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UGN / KUGN
- FAA: UGN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Apr 1947
- Elevation: 728 ft / 222 m
- Coordinates: 42.4222, -87.8679
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,001 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 300 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.waukeganport.com/wkgn_airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukegan_National_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10853421
- Weather station: KUGN
- Ident: KUGN

## Timeline

- Apr 1947: Waukegan National Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |
| 14/32 | 3,750 ft / 1,143 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05324AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 129 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 113 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 167 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 218 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 214 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 300 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from UGN, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (2)

- [PWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwk.md) Chicago Executive Airport · United States · 21 mi / 34 km · 1 passengers · 27Q
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · United States · 44 mi / 71 km · 1 passengers · 27Q

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UGN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 27Q · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 300 (2025) | =3,502 of 3,974 | #930 in North America | #684 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,001 ft / 1,829 m | =4,583 of 29,858 | =1,284 in North America | =1,012 in US |
| Elevation | 728 ft / 222 m | =22,819 of 43,403 | =10,840 in North America | =8,954 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHICAGO APP/DEP | 120.550 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.050 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.550 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.050 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [IL02](https://dromopedia.com/airports/il02.md) Herbert C. Maas Airport · 4.0 mi / 6.5 km
- [IL11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/il11.md) Donald Alfred Gade Airport · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [04WI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/04wi.md) Dutch Gap Airstrip · 10 mi / 17 km
- [WN63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wn63.md) Bristol Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [WI58](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wi58.md) Winfield Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [US-0130](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0130.md) Thompson Strawberry Farm Airport · 12 mi / 19 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kugn/data