Watertown Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Watertown | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Watertown, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 833 ft / 254 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°10′11″N 088°43′24″W / 43.16972°N 88.72333°W | ||||||||||||||
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RYV Location of airport in Wisconsin RYV RYV (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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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 2021–2025, 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]
- Runway 5/23: 4,429 x 75 ft. (1,350 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS and NDB approaches.
- Runway 11/29: 2,801 x 75 ft. (854 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS approaches.
The ROCK RIVER (RYV) non-directional beacon, 371 kHz, is located on the field.
For the 12-month period ending May 24, 2021, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. In December 2023, there were 66 aircraft based at this airport: 57 single-engine, 8 multi-engine and 1 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
- Various monuments at the Marine League Aero Park adjacent to the airport
- TLS building (right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen in December 2005 (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007.)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for RYV PDF, effective December 28, 2023.
- ↑ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin
External links
- "Watertown Municipal Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2003. at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- Wisconsin Aviation, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RYV, effective December 28, 2023
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RYV
- AirNav airport information for KRYV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures