Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 7:35 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (K06C), K3CK is currently VFR with winds from 210° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 8,500 ft ceiling.
Aviation weather near Lake in the Hills Airport in Chicago/Lake in the Hills, IL, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K06C): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Chicago/Lake in the Hills, IL at a field elevation of 887 ft. K3CK has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K06C, about 16 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (08/26), the longest 3,800 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KDPA.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K06C, 16.4 nm away.
Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, overcast at 8,500 ft, temperature 13°C (55°F), altimeter 30.21 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR), ceiling 8,500 ft.
METAR K06C 281235Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM OVC085 13/09 A3021 RMK AO2 T01280092
What changed at K06C (nearest station)?
Since the 1215Z (7:15 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1215Z (7:15 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for K3CK
Based on the nearest station (K06C), K3CK is currently VFR with winds from 210° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and a 8,500 ft ceiling. the wind favors west-facing runway ends (26). Density altitude is approximately 500 ft (field elevation 887 ft). K3CK does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KDPA, about 18 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26FAV | 3,800 ft | ASP | 2 kt head | 2 kt left |
| 08 | 3,800 ft | ASP | 2 kt tail | 2 kt right |
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K3CK runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 08/263,800 × 75 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at K3CKWind
- 08
- 2 kt tailwind · 2 kt crosswind from right
- 26
- 2 kt headwind · 2 kt crosswind from left
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 6→3 kt, ceiling unlimited → 8,500 ft.
K3CK weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of K3CK
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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MKG UA /OV MKG270040/TM 1219/FL150/TP B38M/TB NEG
MKG UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV MKG270040Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1219Reported at 12:19 UTC.FL150Altitude: 15,000 ft MSL.TP B38MAircraft type reporting.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at K3CK
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station K06C reported mostly VFR across 71 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 8,500 ft. Wind most often came from the S.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 26
- 54%
- 08
- 46%
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Live crosswind meter
K3CK has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from K06C, 16 nm away.
Wind is 50° off runway 26, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 08/26 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL · Jet A
- Attended
- Daily 0800-1630 local
- Repairs
- Airframe & engine, major
- Oxygen
- Bottled, high & low pressure · Bulk, high & low pressure
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs · Hangars
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Avionics · Flight instruction · Aircraft rental
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 3CK
- City
- Chicago/Lake in the Hills
- State
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 887 ft
- Coordinates
- 42.2068, -88.3230
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 3,800 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K06C
- TAF
- Nearest KDPA
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 9h 56m
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Nearby airports
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RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- Elgin Academy of RC Flyers - Freeman Kame-Meagher Forest Preserve , Gilberts, IL · 8 mi
- Skylarks R/C Club of Illinois - IL-176 , Wauconda, IL · 9 mi
- Silent Order of Aeromodeling - Hampshire Forest Preserve Dr , Hampshire, IL · 11 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK)
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