Waukesha County Airport


'Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field, is a public use airport located two miles north of the central business district of Waukesha, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned and operated by Waukesha County. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a national reliever aviation facility.
Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.
Waukesha County Airport's main runway 10/28, was completely reconstructed in the summer of 2015.

Facilities and aircraft

Waukesha County Airport covers an area of and contains two runways: 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft and 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 36,896 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 91% general aviation, 8% air taxi and less than 1% military. In June 2020, there were 65 aircraft based at this airport: 53 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 5 jet and 2 glider.