Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located two miles (3 km) southwest of Rhinelander

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Rhinelander is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 7,735 at the 2000 census.-Claim to fame:...

, in Oneida County

Oneida County, Wisconsin

Oneida County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 36,776. Its county seat is Rhinelander.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,236 square miles , of which 1,124 square miles is land and 111 square...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, USA

United States

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The airport covers 1259 acres (509 ha) and 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: Runway 9-27, a 6,799-ft. runway with approved ILS, GPS, and VOR approaches, and Runway 15-33, a 5,201-ft. runway with an approved GPS approach. The airport handles approximately 29,200 operations per year, with approximately 75% general aviation

General aviation

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, 20% commercial air service, and 5% air taxi.

A short scene in the movie Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids (film)

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is set at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

RHI airport is part of federal government Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service

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 program. Delta has already cut service and Frontier, which inherited service from Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines was a U.S.-based airline and was also an operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. operating from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport...

, wants to cut service too, but the U.S. Government objected and refused to allow Frontier to cut the only service.

External links

• Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport
• Wisconsin Airport Directory: Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (PDF
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