Pioneer Airport (FAA LID: WS17) is a privately owned airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Oshkosh, a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The airport is located on the northwest edge of Wittman Regional Airport, with which it co-hosts the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.

Pioneer Airport
An overview of the airport during Ultralight day
Airport during the winter
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: WS17
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Experimental Aircraft Association
Serves	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	826 ft / 252 m
Coordinates	43°59′05″N 088°34′34″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 1,988 606 Turf
Statistics (2020)
Based aircraft 23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Pioneer Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 826 feet (252 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: 13/31 is 1,988 by 130 feet (606 x 40 m) with a turf surface.[1] The airport is built to look like a 1930's period airfield.[2]

In January 2020, there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 20 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 2 gliders.[1]

On the north end, there are 7 exhibit hangars, the Fergus Chapel, and the Air Academy Lodge. On the south end is the museum/EAA Headquarters.

EAA Museum

The airport is part of the EAA Aviation Museum. In the hangars are some of the oldest aircraft the museum has, including "Golden Age" (1920s/1930s) biplanes and vintage monoplanes such as Swallow and WACO biplanes, Travel Air, Curtiss Robin, Fairchild FC-2, Stinson Aircraft, Spartan C-3, Great Lakes 2T-1A acrobat, Aeronca K, Monocoupe, Howard DGA, Heath Parasol, Pietenpol Air Camper, and many others, most in special vintage-style hangars.[3]

AirVenture

Despite the fact that the airport co-hosts EAA AirVenture Oshkosh along with Wittman Regional Airport, the airport's runway is closed during the event.[4] Instead, the airport holds kids activities and hosts only arrival and departures of helicopters during AirVenture.[4] It also has been where some blimps were shown during the event.

See also

• List of airports in Wisconsin

References

External links

• Airport page at EAA website
• FAA Terminal Procedures for WS17, effective May 19, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for WS17
  • AirNav airport information for WS17
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for WS17