Three Lakes Municipal Airport, is a town owned public use

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located 3

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s (5 km) southeast of the

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Three Lakes, Wisconsin Three Lakes is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,131 at the 2010 census. The census-designated place of Three Lakes (CDP), Wisconsin, Three Lakes is located in the town. The unincorpor ...

, a town in

Oneida County, Wisconsin Oneida County is a county in the state of Wisconsin, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 37,845. Its county seat is Rhinelander. History Oneida County was formed in 1887 from sections of Lincoln County. It was named after ...

, United States. Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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(IATA), this airport is assigned 40D by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. The airport does not have scheduled

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service, the closest airport with scheduled airline service is

Rhinelander–Oneida County Airport Rhinelander–Oneida County Airport is a public use airport located southwest of the central business district of Rhinelander, a city in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is primarily u ...

, about to the southwest.

Facilities and aircraft

Three Lakes Municipal Airport covers an area of at an

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of 1,636 feet (499 m) above

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. It has one

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: 3/21 is 3,400 by 120 feet (1,036 x 37 m) with a turf surface. For the 12-month period ending August 12, 2021, the airport had 4,750 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day; all general aviation. In December 2022, there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 ultralight.

References

External links

Airport page
from Town of Three Lakes website
{{Aviation in Wisconsin Airports in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Oneida County, Wisconsin

Facilities and aircraft

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