Chetek Southworth Municipal Airport , also known as Chetek Municipal-Southworth Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Chetek

Chetek, Wisconsin

Chetek is a city in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,180 at the 2000 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Chetek. There are six major lakes in Chetek; Lake Pokegama, Lake Ojaski/Mud Lake, Prairie Lake, Ten Mile Lake, Lake Chetek, and Moose ear...

, a city in Barron County, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, United States

United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Chetek Southworth Municipal Airport covers an area of 92 acres (37.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

 of 1,055 feet (322 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 17/35 with a 3,400 x 60 ft (1,036 x 18 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement and 7/25 with a 1,100 x 70 ft (335 x 21 m) turf

Grass

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 surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 7, 2005, the airport had 7,240 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 99% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 12% multi-engine and 16% ultralight.

External links

at Wisconsin DOT airport directory
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