Marshfield Municipal Airport is a city owned public use
airport located one
nautical mile
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(2
km) south of the
central business district
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of
Marshfield, a city in
Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.
It is included in the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2021–2025, in which it is
categorized
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as a local
general aviation facility.
Facilities and aircraft
Marshfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 552
acre
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s (223
ha) at an
elevation of 1,278 feet (390 m) above
mean sea level. It has two
asphalt paved
runways: 16/34 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) with approved GPS and NDB approaches; 5/23 is 3,597 by 100 feet (1,096 x 30 m) also with approved GPS and NDB approaches.
The
non-directional beacon navigational aid associated with the airport is the Marshfield NDB (MFI), 391 kHz, which is located on the field.
For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2020, the airport had 23,050 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 88%
general aviation, 11%
air taxi and less than 1%
military. In February 2023, there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 1 jet and 1 helicopter.
See also
*
List of airports in Wisconsin
References
External links
* at
Wisconsin DOT
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airport directory
*
Airports in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Wood County, Wisconsin
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