Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (IATA: PCD, ICAO: KPDC, FAA LID: PDC) is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Prairie du Chien, a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | City of Prairie du Chien | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 660 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°01′09″N 091°07′25″W / 43.01917°N 91.12361°W | ||||||||||||||
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  PDC Location of airport in Wisconsin  PDC PDC (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PDC by the FAA and PCD by the IATA[3] (which assigned PDC to Mueo, New Caledonia[4]).
Facilities and aircraft edit
Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport covers an area of 257 acres (104 ha) at an elevation of 660 feet (201 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the primary runway 14/32 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m); and the crosswind runway 11/29 is 3,999 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 8, 2022, the airport had 12,300 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and less than 1% military. In April 2024, there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 1 jet.[1]
See also edit
- List of airports in Wisconsin
- US-18/Wis-35 runs by airport
References edit
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for PDC PDF, effective April 18, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: PCD / KPDC - Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport - Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: PDC / NWWQ - Mueo, New Caledonia
External links edit
- Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PDC, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PDC
- AirNav airport information for KPDC
- ASN accident history for PCD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures