Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin) Explained

Watertown Municipal Airport
Icao:KRYV
Faa:RYV
Type:Public
Owner:City of Watertown
City-Served:Watertown, Wisconsin
Timezone:CST
Summer:CDT
Elevation-F:833
Elevation-M:254
Coordinates:43.1697°N -88.7233°W
Pushpin Map:USA Wisconsin#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Wisconsin
Pushpin Label:RYV
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:4,429
R1-Length-M:1,350
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:11/29
R2-Length-F:2,801
R2-Length-M:854
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2021)
Stat1-Data:58,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2024)
Stat2-Data:60
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Watertown Municipal Airport is a public use airport located in and owned by the city of Watertown, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. 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 360acres at an elevation of 833 feet (254 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways:

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 July 2024, there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 51 single-engine, 7 multi-engine and 2 jet.

Aero park

There is an aero-park, sponsored by the local Marine League, located adjacent to the airport where air operations can be observed. 43.1742°N -88.7175°W

See also

References

  1. , effective July 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A . . October 12, 2018 . October 3, 2018.
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KRYV Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin

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