Waukesha County Airport
Coordinates: 43°02′28″N 088°14′13″W / 43.04111°N 88.23694°W
Waukesha County International Airport Greater Milwaukee Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Waukesha County | ||||||||||||||
Location | Waukesha, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 912 ft / 278 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | waukeshacounty.gov/airport | ||||||||||||||
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UES UES Location of airport in Wisconsin / United States | |||||||||||||||
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'Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES, FAA LID: UES), also known as Greater Milwaukee Airport, is a public use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Waukesha, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is owned and operated by Waukesha County.[2] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever aviation facility.[3]
Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Waukesha County International Airport covers an area of 543 acres (220 ha) and contains two runways: 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft (1,783 x 30 m) and 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft (1,097 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 41,711 aircraft operations, an average of 114 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi and less than 1% military. In July 2017, there were 170 aircraft based at this airport: 135 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 16 jet and 1 glider.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for UES (Form 5010 PDF), effective July 20, 2017.
- 1 2 Waukesha County Airport / Crites Field, official website
- ↑ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "Flight for Life moves to Waukesha". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. October 11, 2007.
External links
- "Waukesha County Airport" (PDF). (137 KiB) information from Wisconsin DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 17, 2017
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for UES
- AirNav airport information for KUES
- ASN accident history for UES
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures