Major Gilbert Field Airport, also known as Madeline Island Airport, is a town-owned public use
airport
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located 2
miles (3
km) northeast of the
central business district of
La Pointe, Wisconsin, a town in
Ashland County, Wisconsin
Ashland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,027. Its county seat is Ashland. The county was formed on March 27, 1860, from La Pointe County. The county partly overlaps with ...
, United States.
It is named in honor of Major Gordon E. Gilbert, who served in the 554th Fighter-Bomber Squadron in WWII. The airport is included in the
Federal Aviation Administration
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(FAA)
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is
categorized as a basic
general aviation
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facility.
Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the FAA and
International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned 4R5 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Major Gilbert Field Airport covers an area of 136
acres (55
ha) at an
elevation
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of 649 feet (198 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
: 4/22 which is 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.
For the 12-month period ending August 23, 2022, the airport had 6,050 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi.
In April 2024, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport: 1 single-engine.
See also
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List of airports in Wisconsin
This is a list of airports in Wisconsin (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports th ...
References
External links
Airport Diagramat town of La Pointe website
Airport pageat town of La Pointe website
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{{Aviation in Wisconsin
Airports in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Ashland County, Wisconsin
Airports in Ashland County, Wisconsin