Rusk County Airport (Wisconsin) Explained

Rusk County Airport
Icao:KRCX
Faa:RCX
Type:Public
Owner:Rusk County
City-Served:Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Location:Tony, Wisconsin
Timezone:CST
Summer:CDT
Elevation-F:1,240
Elevation-M:378
Coordinates:45.4967°N -91.0003°W
Website:RuskCounty.org/...
Pushpin Map:USA Wisconsin#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Wisconsin
Pushpin Label:RCX
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:4,001
R1-Length-M:1,220
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:01/19
R2-Length-F:3,199
R2-Length-M:975
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2023)
Stat1-Data:8,070
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2024)
Stat2-Data:18
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Rusk County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. 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.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RCX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Rusk County Airport covers an area of 240acres at an elevation of 1,240 feet (378 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) and 1/19 is 3,199 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).The Rusk County NDB navaid, (RCX) frequency 356 kHz, is located on the field.[4]

For the 12-month period ending July 3, 2023, the airport had 8,070 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and less than 1% military.

In July 2024, there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 17 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A . . October 12, 2018 . October 3, 2018.
  3. Web site: Rusk County Airport (FAA: RCX, IATA: none, ICAO: KRCX) . Great Circle Mapper . 22 August 2010.
  4. Web site: AirNav: Airport Information.

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