Fond du Lac County Airport is a county-owned public-use
airport
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located 1
mile
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(2
km) west of the
central business district
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of
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac () is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the southern end of Lake Winnebago and had a population of 44,678 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Fond du Lac met ...
, a city in
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County () is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 104,154. Its county seat is Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac. The county was creat ...
, United States.
It is included in the
Federal Aviation Administration
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(FAA)
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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for 2025–2029, in which it is
categorized as a regional
general aviation
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facility.
The airport is home to
EAA chapter 572.
Facilities and aircraft
Fond du Lac County Airport covers an area of 586
acre
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s (237
ha) at an
elevation
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of 808 feet (246 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has two
runway
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s: the primary runway 18/36 is 5,941 by 100 feet (1,811 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface and the crosswind runway 9/27 is 3,602 by 75 feet (1,098 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.
The airport has one
FBO, the Fond du Lac Skyport.
For the 12-month period ending September 27, 2023, the airport had 63,200 aircraft operations, an average of 173 per day: 95% general aviation, 5% air taxi and less than 1% military.
In August 2024, there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 54 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 4 jet aircraft.
EAA AirVenture
The airport, along with
Appleton International Airport
Appleton International Airport , formerly Outagamie County Regional Airport, is an airport located in Greenville, Wisconsin, Greenville, Wisconsin, United States, west of Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton. It is included in the Federal Aviation Ad ...
in
Greenville, is an alternative to flying into
Wittman Regional Airport
Wittman Regional Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Oshkosh, a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. A large portion at the south e ...
during
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly the EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In), or just Oshkosh, is an annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at the Wittman Regional Airport and adjacent Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wiscon ...
. Every year the
FAA sets up and operates a temporary
air traffic control tower
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled ai ...
during the event.
Shuttle buses run between the AirVenture grounds and the airport frequently.
See also
*
Fond du Lac Area Transit
*
List of airports in Wisconsin
This is a list of airports in Wisconsin (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports th ...
References
External links
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{{List of airports
Airports in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin