Waukesha County Airport

Coordinates: 43°02′28″N 088°14′13″W / 43.04111°N 88.23694°W / 43.04111; -88.23694

Waukesha County Airport
Crites Field
IATA: UESICAO: KUESFAA LID: UES
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Waukesha County
Location Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 912 ft / 278 m
Website www.CritesField.com
Map
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Location of airport in Wisconsin/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,849 1,783 Concrete
18/36 3,599 1,097 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014) 41,711
Based aircraft (2016) 170
Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Waukesha County Airport (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES, FAA LID: UES), also known as Crites Field, 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 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever aviation facility.[3]

Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Waukesha County Airport covers an area of 543 acres (220 ha) which contains two runways: 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft (1,783 x 30 m) and 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft (1,097 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 41,711 aircraft operations, an average of 114 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi and <1% military. In November 2016, there were 170 aircraft based at this airport: 135 single-engine, 18 multi-engine, 16 jet and 1 glider.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for UES (Form 5010 PDF), effective Nov 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Waukesha County Airport / Crites Field, official website
  3. "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. "Flight for Life moves to Waukesha". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. October 11, 2007.


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