Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin)
| Watertown Municipal Airport | |||
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| 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 | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 4,429 | 1,350 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 2,801 | 854 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 58,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 63 | ||
| 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
Gallery
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Various monuments at the Marine League Aero Park adjacent to the airport.
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TLS Building (Right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen December 2005. (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007)
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References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for RYV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin
External links
- Watertown Municipal Airport PDF at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- Wisconsin Aviation, the Fixed Base Operator (FBO)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RYV, effective May 2, 2013
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RYV
- AirNav airport information for KRYV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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