Waukesha County Airport
43°02′28″N 088°14′13″W / 43.04111°N 88.23694°W / 43.04111; -88.23694
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Direction | Length | Surface | |
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ft | m | ||
10/28 | 5,849 | 1,783 | Concrete |
18/36 | 3,599 | 1,097 | Asphalt |
Aircraft operations (2021) | 61,471 |
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Based aircraft (2024) | 218 |
Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES, FAA LID: UES)[3] 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 2023–2027, in which it is categorized as a national reliever aviation facility.[4]
Operations
Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it would move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.[5] Due to distance concerns, they moved to Burlington Municipal Airport in November 2021.[6]
Facilities and aircraft
Waukesha County Airport covers an area of 577 acres (234 ha) and contains two runways: the primary runway 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft (1,783 x 30 m) and the crosswind runway 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft (1,097 x 23 m).[1][7] Waukesha County Airport's main runway 10/28 was completely reconstructed in the summer of 2015.[8] They expanded their parking lot in 2023.[9]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2021, the airport had 61,471 aircraft operations, an average of 168 per day: 95% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and less than 1% military. In August 2024, there were 218 aircraft based at this airport: 168 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 25 jet, 5 helicopter and 2 glider.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UES PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Waukesha County Airport / Crites Field, official website
- ^ "Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics – Airport Information: UES" (PDF). Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics. August 28, 2017.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ "Flight for Life moves to Waukesha". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. October 11, 2007.
- ^ Healy, Frank. "Flight for Life breaks ground on bigger, permanent facility in Burlington". CBS58. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ Inc., CGH Technologies. "WAUKESHA COUNTY". nfdc.faa.gov. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Waukesha County Airport replacing main runway". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ Rae, Faith (June 14, 2023). "Waukesha County Airport construction on track to finish in late August". The Waukesha Freeman. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
External links
- "Waukesha County Airport" (PDF). (137 KiB) information from Wisconsin DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
- 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 weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures