John H. Batten Airport

Infobox Airport
name = John H. Batten Airport


IATA = RAC
ICAO = KRAC
FAA = RAC
type = Public
owner = Racine Commercial Airport Corp.
operator =
city-served = Racine, Wisconsin
location =
elevation-f = 674
elevation-m = 205
website = [http://www.battenairport.aero/ www.BattenAirport.aero]
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 6,556
r1-length-m = 1,998
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 14/32
r2-length-f = 4,423
r2-length-m = 1,348
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 47,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 93
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=RAC|use=PU|own=PR|site=27513.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

John H. Batten Airport Airport codes|RAC|KRAC|RAC, also known as Batten International Airport, is a public use airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Racine, a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is privately owned by the Racine Commercial Airport Corporation. The airport was founded in 1941 by Carlyle Godske on roughly convert|160|acre|km2 of land purchased from local businessman J.A. Horlick. For most of its history the airport was known as Racine-Horlick Field, but on September 5, 1989 the name was changed to John H. Batten Field. John H. Batten was one of the airport's early founders and supporters as well as the longtime CEO of Racine's Twin Disc, Inc. [UW-Parkside Archives, John Sullivan Collection, MC 011]

During World War II the newly established airport was used as a flight and ground school for the Army. Students were housed at Racine College on the south side of Racine. Ground school instruction was given at Horlick High School and the actual flight training took place at the airport. Today, the airport is used primarily by local aviation enthusiasts and by the corporate jets of large local companies like S.C. Johnson & Son and Twin Disc, Inc. [UW-Parkside Archives, John Sullivan Collection, MC 011]

Facilities and aircraft

John H. Batten Airport covers an area of 467 acres (189 ha) which contains two paved runways: 4/22 with a 6,556 x 100 ft (1,998 x 30 m) concrete surface and 14/32 measuring 4,423 x 100 ft (1,348 x 30 m) with asphalt pavement.

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, the airport had 47,000 aircraft operations, an average of 128 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. There are 93 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single engine, 16% multi-engine, 9% jet aircraft and 1% helicopters.

References

External links

* [http://www.battenairport.aero/ Batten Airport] (official site)
* [http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/docs/airports/racine.pdf John H. Batten Airport] at Wisconsin Airport Directory
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*US-airport-ga|RAC