Wausau Downtown Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Wausau Downtown Airport


IATA = AUW
ICAO = KAUW
FAA = AUW
type = Public
owner = City of Wausau
operator =
city-served = Wausau, Wisconsin
location =
elevation-f = 1,201
elevation-m = 366
website =
r1-number = 12/30
r1-length-f = 5,200
r1-length-m = 1,585
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 4/22
r2-length-f = 3,078
r2-length-m = 938
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 12W/30W
r3-length-f = 8,000
r3-length-m = 2,438
r3-surface = Water
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 45,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 64
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=AUW|use=PU|own=PU|site=27667.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Wausau Downtown Airport airport codes|AUW|KAUW|AUW is a city-owned public-use airport located in Wausau, a city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. 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).

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.ci.wausau.wi.us/dep_detail.asp?dep=21 Wausau Downtown Airport] at City of Wausau web site)
* [http://www.flywausau.com/index_files/ArptInfo.htm Wausau Downtown Airport] at FlyWausau.com
*PDFlink| [http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/docs/airports/wausau.pdf Wausau Downtown Airport] |119 KiB at Wisconsin Airport Directory
*US-airport-ga|AUW