| Watertown Municipal Airport | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KRYV – FAA LID: RYV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Watertown | ||
| Serves | Watertown, Wisconsin | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 833 ft / 254 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 4,429 | 1,350 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 2,801 | 854 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 58,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 63 | ||
| Stats for 12 months ending 7/12/2006. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Watertown Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRYV, FAA LID: RYV) is a public use airport located in and owned by the city of Watertown, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
Watertown Municipal Airport was the site of the first Transponder Landing System in the United States.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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Watertown Municipal Airport covers an area of 360 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 833 feet (254 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways:[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 12, 2006, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 21% multi-engine and 2% jet.[1]
There is an aero-park, sponsored by the local Marine League, located adjacent to the airport where air operations can be observed.
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