Wisconsin Department of Transportation BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS 2018 Annual Report Providing leadership to maintain and develop a safe and efficient air transportation system wisconsindot.gov/av-pubs COVER CONTENTS MAP Appleton International Airport, Fixed Base Operator Facility EbookPDF navigation navigation Table of Contents • Click corners,CONTENTS click in dragblue cornersnavigation orbar click to go arrows to Table to turnof Contents. page. 1 Director’s Message • Click three-lineon an item icon in the in Tableblue navigation of barContents to go tolisting Table to of go Contents. to its page. 2 Wisconsin State Airport System Map • Click onCOVER an item in blue in the navigation Table of 3 Facts and Figures Contentsbar to go tolisting cover to page.go to its page. 9 Funding • Click gridMAP toin viewblue thumbnails;navigation bar to go clickto Wisconsin grid again State to hideAirport thumbnails System Map. 11 Outreach • ClickTo print cloud this in PDF blue guide, navigation bar 12 Airport Safety and Pilot Education todo downloadso on an 8.5 PDF by of 11 this inch document. paper, 12 Airport Projects Recognized selecting the “portrait” and “actual • Older browsers may not yield size” settings for best results. 13 Bureau Staff Recognized ideal viewing results. • Because this is a large document, 13 Publications consider printing the single pages of interest to you. wisconsindot.gov/av-pubs Director’s Message I am pleased to statewide aviation initiatives directly support present the Wisconsin important programs such as the Automated Department of Weather Observation System, the Pavement Transportation, Bureau Condition Evaluation Program, and the of Aeronautics (BOA) Airport Pavement Marking Program. The 2018 Annual Report. bureau provides engineering, environmental, This report reviews the land use and planning expertise to airport aviation activity and sponsors from the initial planning stages initiatives in Wisconsin to completion of an airport project. that occurred Aviation education and outreach is a during last year. statewide effort that is actively sponsored Our mission is to provide leadership to by the bureau. Pilot and aircraft maintenance maintain and develop a safe and efficient air safety courses, youth aviation education, transportation system. In addition, we focus on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) education, providing quality service to Wisconsin’s citizens as well as airport security are only part of our who utilize the many diverse aviation services commitment to engage with the Wisconsin throughout the state. The bureau’s team of aviation community. The new Fly Wisconsin aviation specialists assist airport sponsors by Airport Passport program promotes safety providing professional guidance to manage and education by encouraging recreational and utilize the airport to its safest and fullest flights to Wisconsin’s public use airports. potential for the community it supports. It also supports general aviation airports, area businesses and tourism. The program The BOA staff managed over $75 million in is a collaboration between the BOA and the funding and 60+ airport projects in 2018. Wisconsin Airport Management Association. Airport development and safety projects varied widely, from pavement reconstruction to This report describes our bureau’s obstruction removal to constructing facilities commitment to a safe and efficient aviation to purchasing snow removal equipment. infrastructure, as well as aviation education and a host of other aeronautical assistance As a Block Grant state for the Federal Aviation to Wisconsin’s aviation community. We Administration (FAA), we are committed look forward to another successful year. to developing and maintaining the current and future distribution of federal airport David M. Greene improvement grants for eligible airports in Director the state airport system. In addition, our 1 COVER CONTENTS MAP 1 Wisconsin State Airport System Map Wisconsin State Airport System Map .+i�perior Solon Springs+ • f .. 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D u Ch,en' FortAtkinsot¼-- ,.LMineral Point T�' MILWAUKEE Lancaster 'T" Palmyra · r ,j> r • Cassville + 1 EastTroy + Racine + Commercial Airport � Janesville �latteville \ Burlington .r � Monro� 'J + Large General Aviation Airport Kenosha + Medium General Aviation Airport +, Small General Aviation Airport 2 2 wisconsindot.gov/av-pubs Facts and Figures EAA AirVenture, Wittman Regional Airport Service Providers Registered Aircraft Commercial airports 8 Airplanes 4,934 Commercial airlines Rotorcrafts 103 serving the state 10 Ultralights 67 Cargo-air charter 4 Sailplanes 40 Airports with based jets 32 Lighter-than-air 56 Airports with 5000-foot or greater runways 41 Light-sport 232 Seaplanes 62 Weather Gathering and Landing Facilities in Wisconsin Dissemination Systems Airports in the State Airport System 97 State-owned automated weather observation 51 Privately-owned, public use airports 31 system (AWOS) Private use airports 426 Federal-owned Heliports (public and private) 155 automated surface 18 observation Seaplane bases (public and private) 27 system (ASOS) Source: FAA 3 COVER CONTENTS MAP 3 Facts and Figures UW Health Med Flight helicopter Air Medical Services Based in Wisconsin SERVICE NAME BASE SITE CITY Eagle III (fixed wing only) Austin Straubel International Airport Green Bay County Rescue Service Eagle III Green Bay Express Air Medical Transport Austin Straubel International Airport Green Bay (fixed wing only) Flight for Life Fond du Lac County Airport Fond du Lac Waukesha County Airport Waukesha Gunderson MedLink AIR Gundersen Luther Medical Center La Crosse Ministry Spirit Medical Transportation Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital Marshfield Thedastar Air Medical Theda Clark Medical Center Neenah UW Health Med Flight University Hospital Madison Iowa County Airport Mineral Point Aspirus MedEvac Wausau Downtown Airport Wausau Mayo Clinic Medical Transport Chippewa Valley Regional Airport Eau Claire Life Link III Rick Lake Regional Airport Rice Lake North Memorial Air Care Burnett County Airport Siren Travel Care International John H Batten Airport Racine (fixed wing only) Source: FAA 2016 4 4 wisconsindot.gov/av-pubs Facts and Figures Airport Operations at Towered Airports % CHANGE LOCATION/COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY 2018 (17–18) Milwaukee - General Mitchell International 113,286 111,509 113,715 112,345 111,712 -1% Madison - Dane County Regional 78,956 78,206 81,419 83,529 87,578 5% Eau Claire -Chippewa Valley Regional 21,454 22,347 22,509 20,149 21,836 8% Green Bay - Austin Straubel International 41,853 46,720 49,479 45,358 47,752 5% Appleton - Appleton International 32,980 33,679 34,302 32,234 34,458 7% La Crosse - La Crosse Municipal 19,562 22,942 19,323 18,416 19,608 6% Mosinee - Central Wisconsin 13,266 12,640 12,375 12,424 12,624 2% Subtotal 321,357 328,043 333,122 324,455 335,568 3% % CHANGE LOCATION/GENERAL AVIATION CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY 2018 TOWERED AIRPORTS (17-18) Oshkosh - Wittman Regional 64,146 64,717 66,950 62,952 74,558 18% Waukesha - Crites Field 41,711 34,237 38,178 33,543 44,044 31% Kenosha - Kenosha Regional 48,734 53,139 46,868 48,722 59,128 21% Janesville - Southern Wisconsin Regional 34,894 32,070 31,222 32,606 37,674 16% Milwaukee - Lawrence Timmerman 31,467 26,751 24,875 27,730 26,030 -6% *Sparta - Ft. McCoy-Sparta 12,476 17,170 19,978 10,669 10,108 -5% Subtotal 233,428 228,084 228,071 216,222 251,542 16% Total Towered Operations 554,785 556,127 561,193 540,677 587,110 9% *Sparta-Ft.McCoy is a joint use military/general aviation airport; Source: FAA Air Traffic Activity System - Airport Operations 2/5/19 Air Carrier Enplanements % CHANGE LOCATION/COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY2018 (17–18) Milwaukee - General Mitchell International 3,228,607 3,229,897 3,327,536 3,414,477 3,548,817 4% Madison - Dane County Regional 833,634 826,640 903,155 943,363 1,082,529 15% Green Bay - Austin Straubel International 302,568 295,245 292,868 283,823 324,840 14% Appleton - Appleton International 249,656 258,321 270,633 281,552 360,107 28% Mosinee - Central Wisconsin 125,395 126,016 119,222 116,404 128,181 10% La Crosse - La Crosse Municipal 98,869 94,874 94,047 92,101 98,744 7% Rhinelander - Rhinelander-Oneida County 20,819 20,673 20,414 23,014 24,931 8% Eau Claire - Chippewa Valley Regional 20,433 19,332 21,304 22,822 23,734 4% Total 4,879,981 4,870,998 5,049,179 5,177,556 5,591,883 8% Source: FAA Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) 01/15/19; 2018 preliminary airport data Enplaned Freight