Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin)

For other airports with similar names, see Watertown Airport (disambiguation).
Watertown Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KRYV – FAA LID: RYV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Watertown
Serves Watertown, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates 43°10′11″N 088°43′24″W / 43.16972°N 88.72333°W / 43.16972; -88.72333
Map
RYV
RYV

Location of airport in Wisconsin/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,429 1,350 Asphalt
11/29 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015) 58,000
Based aircraft (2016) 70

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] 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 general aviation facility.[2]

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.[3]

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

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]

The ROCK RIVER (RYV) non-directional beacon, 371 kHz, is located on the field.

For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2015, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. In November 2016, there were 70 aircraft based at this airport: 55 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 1 jet and 1 helicopter.[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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for RYV (Form 5010 PDF), effective Nov 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin



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