Waukesha County Airport

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Waukesha County Airport
Crites Field
IATA: UESICAO: KUESFAA LID: UES
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Waukesha County
Location Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 912 ft / 278 m
Website www.CritesField.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,849 1,783 Concrete
18/36 3,599 1,097 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2005) 91,024
Based aircraft (2016) 174
Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Waukesha County Airport (IATA: UESICAO: KUESFAA LID: UES), also known as Crites Field, 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]

Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Waukesha County Airport covers an area of 543 acres (220 ha) which 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, 2005, the airport had 91,024 aircraft operations, an average of 249 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. In May of 2016, there were 174 aircraft based at this airport: 138 single-engine, 19 multi-engine, 16 jet and 1 glider.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for UES (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. 2.0 2.1 Waukesha County Airport / Crites Field, official website
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