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Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin)

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Watertown Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Watertown
ServesWatertown, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates43°10′11″N 088°43′24″W / 43.16972°N 88.72333°W / 43.16972; -88.72333
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,429 1,350 Asphalt
11/29 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations58,000
Based aircraft63
Stats for 12 months ending 7/12/2006. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Watertown Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRYV, FAA LID: RYV) is a public use airport located in and owned by the city of Watertown, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Watertown Municipal Airport was the site of the first Transponder Landing System in the United States.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Watertown Municipal Airport covers an area of 360 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 833 feet (254 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways:[1]

  • Runway 5/23: 4,429 x 75 ft. (1,350 x 23 m.), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 11/29: 2,801 x 75 ft. (854 x 23 m.), Surface: Asphalt
  • ROCK RIVER (RYV) non-directional beacon, 371 kHz, is located on field.

For the 12-month period ending July 12, 2006, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 63 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 21% multi-engine and 2% jet.[1]

Aero park

There is an aero-park, sponsored by the local Marine League, located adjacent to the airport where air operations can be observed.43°10′27″N 88°43′3″W / 43.17417°N 88.71750°W / 43.17417; -88.71750

  • Various monuments at the Marine League Aero Park adjacent to the airport.
    Various monuments at the Marine League Aero Park adjacent to the airport.
  • TLS Building (Right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen December 2005. (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007)
    TLS Building (Right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen December 2005. (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007)

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RYV PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin



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