Watertown Municipal Airport is a public use

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located in and owned by the city of

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, in Jefferson County,

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(FAA)

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

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facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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and

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, this airport is assigned RYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Great Circle Mapper: KRYV - Watertown, Wisconsin
/ref> Watertown Municipal Airport was the site of the first Transponder Landing System in the United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Watertown Municipal Airport covers an area of at an

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of 833 feet (254 m) above

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. It has two

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s: * Runway 5/23: 4,429 x 75 ft. (1,350 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS and NDB approaches. * Runway 11/29: 2,801 x 75 ft. (854 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS approaches. The ROCK RIVER (RYV)

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, 371 kHz, is located on the field. For the 12-month period ending May 24, 2021, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 89%

, 9%

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and 2%

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. In January 2023, there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 49 single-engine, 7 multi-engine and 1 jet.

Aero park

There is an aero-park, sponsored by the local

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League, located adjacent to the airport where air operations can be observed.

Gallery

Image:Watertown Aero Park monuments.jpg, Various monuments at the

League Aero Park adjacent to the airport File:Transponder landing system building (Watertown Municipal Airport, Wisconsin - 31-12-2005).jpg, TLS building (right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen in December 2005 (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007.)

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(FBO) *
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Facilities and aircraft

Aero park

Gallery

See also

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