'Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES, FAA LID: UES)[3] is a public use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Waukesha, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is owned and operated by Waukesha County.[2] 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 national reliever aviation facility.[4]

Waukesha County International Airport Greater Milwaukee Airport
IATA: UES ICAO: KUES FAA LID: UES
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Waukesha County
Location	Waukesha, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	912 ft / 278 m
Website	waukeshacounty.gov/airport
Maps
FAA airport diagram
UES Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin UES UES (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,849 1,783 Concrete 18/36 3,599 1,097 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021) 61,471 Based aircraft (2022) 213
Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it would move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.[5]

Waukesha County Airport's main runway 10/28 was completely reconstructed in the summer of 2015.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Waukesha County Airport covers an area of 577 acres (234 ha) and contains two runways: 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft (1,783 x 30 m) and 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft (1,097 x 23 m).[1][7]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2021, the airport had 61,471 aircraft operations, an average of 168 per day: 95% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and less than 1% military. In July 2022, there were 213 aircraft based at this airport: 159 single-engine, 20 multi-engine, 28 jet, 4 helicopter and 2 glider.[1]

References

External links

• "Waukesha County Airport" (PDF). (137 KiB) information from Wisconsin DOT
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for UES
  • AirNav airport information for KUES
  • ASN accident history for UES
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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