Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport | |
Faa: | 3D2 |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Village of Ephraim and Town of Gibraltar |
Location: | Ephraim, Wisconsin |
Timezone: | CST |
Summer: | CDT |
Elevation-F: | 763 |
Website: | FriendsOfEphraimGibraltarAirport |
Coordinates: | 45.1358°N -87.1881°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Wisconsin |
Pushpin Label: | 3D2 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,697 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 1/19 |
R2-Length-F: | 2,324 |
R2-Surface: | Turf |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2023) |
Stat1-Data: | 9,300 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2024) |
Stat2-Data: | 22 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Ephraim, a village in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is owned by the Village of Ephraim and the Town of Gibraltar. It was formerly known as Ephraim-Fish Creek Airport.[2]
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 local general aviation facility.[3]
The first runway at the airport was graded in 1945.[4]
Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport covers an area of 239 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 763 feet (233 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 2,697 by 60 feet (822 x 18 m) with an asphalt surface and 1/19 is 2,324 by 100 feet (708 x 30 m) with a turf surface.
Runway 1/19 slopes to the south such that one end of the runway can not be seen from the other. The airport provides 100LL aircraft fuel.[5]
For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2023, the airport had 9,300 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day, with 59% transient general aviation, 38% local general aviation and 3% air taxi. In August 2024, there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 2 helicopter.