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 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]

Rusk County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KRCX FAA LID: RCX
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Rusk County
Serves	Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Location	Tony, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	1,238 ft / 377 m
Coordinates	45°29′49″N 091°00′02″W
Website	RuskCounty.org/...
Map
RCX Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin RCX RCX (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 4,001 1,220 Asphalt 1/19 3,199 975 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2020) 8,070 Based aircraft (2022) 19
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

Rusk County Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 1,238 feet (377 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 23, 2020, 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 October 2022, there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Wisconsin

References

External links

• 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 6, 2022
• 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