Wausau Downtown Airport

Coordinates: 44°55′34″N 089°37′36″W / 44.92611°N 89.62667°W

Wausau Downtown Airport
IATA: AUW – ICAO: KAUW – FAA LID: AUW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Wausau
Serves Wausau, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 1,201 ft / 366 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,200 1,585 Asphalt
4/22 3,078 938 Asphalt
12W/30W 8,000 2,438 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 45,000
Based aircraft 64

Wausau Downtown Airport (IATA: AUW, ICAO: KAUW, FAA LID: AUW) is a city-owned public-use airport located in Wausau, a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The airport serves private aircraft and charter flights.

History

The Wausau airport was founded in 1927, and carried commercial flights until 1969, when the Central Wisconsin Airport began operations.

Facilities and aircraft

Wausau Downtown Airport covers an area of 294 acres (119 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 5,200 x 100 ft. (1,585 x 30 m) and 4/22 measuring 3,078 x 100 ft. (938 x 30 m). It also has a seaplane landing area designated 12W/30W which measures 8,000 x 300 ft. (2,438 x 91 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2006, the airport had 45,000 aircraft operations, an average of 123 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi and <1% military. There are 64 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% ultralight and 2% glider.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for AUW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

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