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Waukesha County International Airport Greater Milwaukee Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Waukesha County | ||||||||||||||
Location | Waukesha, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | CST ( UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer ( DST) | CDT ( UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 912 ft / 278 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | waukeshacounty.gov/airport | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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 April 2024, there were 212 aircraft based at this airport: 163 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 24 jet, 5 helicopter and 2 glider. [1]
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