Airports near Chicago/Waukegan, IL
23 airports, seaplane bases and airstrips within 25 nm of Chicago/Waukegan, Illinois — 9 of them public use. Runway lengths, fuel, CTAF and tower frequencies from the FAA's NASR data (effective 2026-10-01); each airport page adds live METAR/TAF weather, NOTAMs, winds aloft and a crosswind calculator.
Closest public-use field: Waukegan Ntl (KUGN), 0.0 nm N. Closest public fuel: KUGN (100LL,A), 0.0 nm. Longest runway: 6,600 ft at KENW.
Current METARs for these airports (aviationweather.gov) →
| Id | Name | From Chicago/Waukegan | Use | Longest rwy | Fuel | Tower / CTAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUGN | Waukegan Ntl Chicago/Waukegan · Airport | 0.0 nm N | Public | 6,001 ft | 100LL,A | Tower 120.05 · CTAF 120.05 |
| IL02 | Ravenwood Zion · Airport | 3.5 nm NW | Private | 2,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IL11 | Donald Alfred Gade Antioch · Airport | 8.0 nm W | Private | 1,500 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 04WI | Dutch Gap Airstrip Bristol · Airport | 9.0 nm NW | Private | 1,800 ft (soft) | — | — |
| WN63 | Bristol Bristol · Airport | 9.2 nm NW | Private | 1,500 ft (soft) | — | — |
| WI58 | Winfield Bristol · Airport | 9.3 nm NW | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| KENW | Kenosha Regional Kenosha · Airport | 10.8 nm N | Public | 6,600 ft | 100LL,A+ | Tower 118.6 · CTAF 118.6 |
| C81 | Campbell Grayslake · Airport | 10.8 nm SW | Public | 3,573 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.7 |
| WI95 | Binzel Bristol · Airport | 11.4 nm NW | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 41IL | Great Lakes Antioch · Seaplane base | 12.0 nm W | Private | water | — | — |
| 50IL | Midland Antioch · Airport | 14.1 nm W | Private | 1,700 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 49C | Camp Lake Camp Lake · Airport | 14.3 nm NW | Public | 2,210 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| 3LL4 | Pillow Hill Spring Grove · Airport | 14.8 nm W | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 4WN9 | Digger Dougs Salem · Airport | 16.2 nm NW | Private | 1,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| C89 | Sylvania Sturtevant · Airport | 17.3 nm N | Public | 2,343 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.8 |
| KPWK | Chicago Executive Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling · Airport | 18.5 nm S | Public | 5,001 ft | 100LL,A1+ | Tower 119.9 · CTAF 119.9 |
| WI86 | Ori Kansasville · Airport | 18.6 nm NW | Private | 1,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| KRAC | Batten International Racine · Airport | 20.5 nm N | Public | 6,574 ft | 100LL,A,A+ | CTAF 123.075 |
| WI72 | Valhalla North Cape · Airport | 21.8 nm N | Private | 2,540 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.8 |
| 10C | Galt Field Greenwood/Wonder Lake · Airport | 22.5 nm W | Public | 2,802 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.8 |
| WI89 | Lake Geneva Aire Estates Lake Geneva · Airport | 23.9 nm W | Private | 2,300 ft | — | CTAF 122.7 |
| 3CK | Lake In The Hills Chicago/Lake In The Hills · Airport | 24.0 nm SW | Public | 3,800 ft | 100LL,A | CTAF 123.05 |
| IS79 | Jackson Crystal Lake · Seaplane base | 24.4 nm SW | Private | water | — | — |
Distances are great-circle nautical miles with direction from the centre of the facilities that list Chicago/Waukegan as their city (not a surveyed city centre). Heliports are not listed. A snapshot of the 28-day NASR cycle: confirm frequencies and runway data against the current Chart Supplement before flight.