Rusk County Airport (Wisconsin)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Rusk County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ladysmith, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Tony, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,240 ft / 378 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°29′48″N 091°00′01″W / 45.49667°N 91.00028°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | RuskCounty.org/... | ||||||||||||||
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  RCX Location of airport in Wisconsin  RCX RCX (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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Rusk County Airport (ICAO: KRCX, FAA LID: RCX) is a county-owned public-use airport in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RCX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Rusk County Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 1,240 feet (378 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) and 1/19 is 3,199 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).[1] The Rusk County NDB navaid, (RCX) frequency 356 kHz, is located on the field.[4]
For the 12-month period ending July 3, 2023, the airport had 8,070 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and less than 1% military.
In July 2024, there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 17 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for RCX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 11, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Rusk County Airport (FAA: RCX, IATA: none, ICAO: KRCX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ "AirNav: Airport Information".
External links
[edit]- Airport page at Rusk County website
- "Rusk County (RCX)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. at Wisconsin DOT
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RCX, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RCX
- AirNav airport information for KRCX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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