Bed-ah-Wick Field
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Bed-ah-Wick Field is a very small private gravel
/turf
airport
in Princeton, Wisconsin
, that single engine prop planes can land. There is no control tower and no radio. Pilots must either visually guide their plane in for a landing or use the nearest radio to the airport for navigational aids. The airport is for private use and is privately owned. Permission is required prior to landing. A windsock
is used to determine the ground wind direction and speed. The airfield was established May 1958.
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
/turf
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
in Princeton, Wisconsin
Princeton, Wisconsin
Princeton is a city in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Princeton, though it is politically independent.-Transportion:...
, that single engine prop planes can land. There is no control tower and no radio. Pilots must either visually guide their plane in for a landing or use the nearest radio to the airport for navigational aids. The airport is for private use and is privately owned. Permission is required prior to landing. A windsock
Windsock
A windsock is a conical textile tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed. Windsocks typically are used at airports and at chemical plants where there is risk of gaseous leakage...
is used to determine the ground wind direction and speed. The airfield was established May 1958.
Facilities
- Runway 18/36 1,800 x 100 ft. (549 x 30 m) turf with low intensity runway edge lighting.
- Two former east / west runways, 1300 and 1700 ft (396.2 and 518.2 m) long, are currently used as taxiwayTaxiwayA taxiway is a path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities. They mostly have hard surface such as asphalt or concrete, although smaller airports sometimes use gravel or grass....
s.
Incidents
- A home-built Kraetzner Sky-Buggy crashed in a marsh north of the field following take-off August 20, 1995.
- A Piper PA-28-140 was substantially damaged when it crash landed in a marsh north of the field on September 8, 1994. One minor injury.