Crandon Municipal Airport

Crandon Municipal Airport, also known as Steve Conway Municipal Airport, (FAA LID: Y55) is a city owned public use airport located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Crandon, a city in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2]

Crandon Municipal Airport

Steve Conway Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Crandon
ServesCrandon, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL1,650 ft / 503 m
Coordinates45°31′21″N 088°55′42″W
Map
Y55
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
Y55
Y55 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,550 1,082 Asphalt
1/19 2,742 836 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2020)4,400
Based aircraft (2021)9

Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned Y55 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Crandon Municipal Airport covers an area of 259 acres (105 ha) at an elevation of 1650 feet (503 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 12/30 is 3,550 by 75 feet (1,082 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 1/19 is 2,742 by 100 feet (836 x 30 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 20, 2020, the airport had 4,400 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. In January 2021, there were 9 aircraft based at this airport: all 9 single-engine.[1]

2016 Improvement Project

Between January and June 2016 the airport completed a $70,000 improvement project that was approved by Governor Scott Walker. The first part of the project was the construction of a six bay T-hangar. The airport then shut down for a few days in June to complete crack filling work on all pavements.[3]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for Y55 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 28, 2021.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. "Governor Walker approves improvement project at the Crandon/Steve Conway Municipal Airport". wisconsindot.gov. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.


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