Lakeland Airport , also known as Noble F. Lee Memorial Field, is a public

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near Arbor Vitae, a town in

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. The airport is three miles (5 km) northwest of the

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of Minocqua and northwest of Woodruff, both cities in Oneida County, just south of the Vilas County border. It is included in the

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for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local

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facility. It is owned by the Lakeland Airport Commission.

Facilities and aircraft

Lakeland Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 1,629 feet (497 m) above mean sea level. The airport contains two asphalt paved

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s: 18/36 measuring 5,150 x 100 ft (1,570 x 30 m) with approved LOC and GPS approaches and 10/28 measuring 3,602 x 75 ft (1,098 x 23 m) with approved GPS and NDB approaches. The Arbor Vitae NDB navaid, (ARV) frequency 221 kHz, is located on the field. For the 12-month period ending August 20, 2020, the airport had 27,190 aircraft operations, an average of 74 per day: 88%

, 12%

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and less than 1%

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. In December 2022, there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 22 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.

Incidents

*On May 25, 2003, at 1754 central daylight time, a Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo crashed and was destroyed by fire after takeoff from the airport's Runway 36. All four occupants were killed. *On September 12, 2008, a

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arriving from

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crashed about a half mile southwest of the airport. All three people on board died.

References

External links

Lakeland-Noble F. Lee Memorial Field (ARV)
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Lakeland Aviation of Minocqua, Inc. (Fixed-Base Operator at Lakeland Airport, Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin) - Owner: T.A. Solberg. Manager, Angie Bishop.
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