page_title: Waukegan National Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Waukegan National Airport
caption_attribution_description: English: USGS digital orthophoto of Waukegan Regional Airport in Waukegan, Illinois, United States.
context_page_description: Waukegan National Airport is a public airport in Waukegan, in Lake County, Illinois. The airport is 40 miles north of Chicago. It was originally Waukegan Memorial Airport. It has been operated by the Waukegan Port District since 1956 and is the second busiest airport in Illinois for international arrivals. In January 2014 under a FAA reclassification of many small airports, the airport was renamed Waukegan National Airport
  The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, categorized it as a reliever airport for Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
context_section_description: Waukegan National Airport (IATA: UGN, ICAO: KUGN, FAA LID: UGN) is a public airport in Waukegan, in Lake County, Illinois. The airport is 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago. It was originally Waukegan Memorial Airport. It has been operated by the Waukegan Port District since 1956 and is the second busiest airport in Illinois for international arrivals. In January 2014 under a FAA reclassification of many small airports, the airport was renamed Waukegan National Airport
  The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, categorized it as a reliever airport for Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
caption: USGS image - 17 April 1998
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