Outagamie County Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 in Outagamie County

Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton. As of the 2009 census estimate, its population was 177,155....

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, United States

United States

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. It is the fourth busiest commercial airport in Wisconsin. It is located just ouside of Appleton, Wisconsin, in the town of Greenville.

It is the main base of privately-owned regional airline Air Wisconsin

Air Wisconsin

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation is an airline based at Outagamie County Regional Airport in the town of Greenville, Wisconsin, United States, near Appleton. Air Wisconsin is the largest privately held regional airline in the United States...

 and was the original home of Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines was a U.S.-based airline and was also an operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. operating from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport...

. Midwest Airlines grew out of Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark

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 subsidiary K-C Aviation. K-C Aviation is now part of Gulfstream Aerospace

Gulfstream Aerospace

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Facilities and aircraft

Outagamie County Regional Airport covers an area of 1638 acres (662.9 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 918 feet (280 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway

Runway

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s with concrete

Concrete

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 surfaces: 3/21 is 8,002 by 150 feet and 12/30 is 6,501 by 150 feet (1,982 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 49,710 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 55% general aviation

General aviation

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, 34% air taxi

Air taxi

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, 11% scheduled commercial

Airline

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 and <1% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 69 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 19% multi-engine and 6% jet

Jet aircraft

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Airlines and destinations

External links

• Outagamie County Regional Airport, official website from the Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory