Capitol Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Wisconsin Aviation Investments LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Brookfield, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 850 ft / 259 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°05′15″N 088°10′40″W / 43.08750°N 88.17778°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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  02C Location of airport in Wisconsin/United States  02C 02C (the United States) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Capitol Airport (FAA LID: 02C) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Brookfield, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is privately owned by Wisconsin Aviation Investments LLC.[1] The airport is also known as, or formerly known as Capitol Drive Airport.
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 regional reliever airport facility.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Capitol Airport covers an area of 207 acres (84 ha) at an elevation of 850 feet (259 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 3,010 x 44 ft. (917 x 13 m), plus two turf runways: 9/27 measuring 3,395 x 100 ft. (1,035 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 1,600 x 80 ft. (488 x 24 m).[1]
The facility has no published instrument procedures and no instrument navigational aids.
For the 12-month period ending September 7, 2007, the airport had 15,150 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. In November 2016, there were 124 aircraft based at this airport: 114 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 4 helicopter and 5 ultralight.[1]
Brookfield Aero, LLC is the fixed-base operator.
Incidents
- A groundskeeper was seriously injured when he was struck by the propeller of a Cessna 120 taxiing prior to takeoff on September 6, 2002.[3][4]
- 2 were killed November 21, 1992 when their Piper PA-28-140 crashed while attempting to land in low visibility.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 02C PDF, effective Nov 10, 2016.
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ NTSB. Probable Cause case CHI02CA279.
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Pilot faulted for Capitol Drive Airport accident[permanent dead link]. December 10, 2003.
- ^ NTSB. Probable cause case CHI93FA038.
External links
- http://www.capitoldriveairport.com/
- Wisconsin Airport Directory: "Capitol Airport (02C)" (PDF).
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 02C
- AirNav airport information for 02C
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 02C
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