Sheboygan County Memorial Airport is a county-owned public-use non-towered airport located in the Town of Sheboygan Falls, three

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s (6 km) northwest of the City of Sheboygan, in Sheboygan 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. Sheboygan's

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observation station is based at the airport.

Overview

The airport mainly serves as a

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base for several county businesses, including

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, Bemis Manufacturing Company, Plenco and Richardson Bros. An expansion project tying into increasing capacity in advance of the

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was completed that year. The airport was upgraded to allow a

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presence in advance of the upcoming

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(delayed a year due to the

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), while also allowing Kohler and other companies to bypass having to fly their

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s into other nearby international airports such as Appleton or Green Bay. The Customs facility opened in April 2021. Sheboygan County Memorial also serves as a major link to local attractions such as

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and the county's golf courses, such as

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and

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. Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin is located east of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Terminal Facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Sheboygan County Memorial Airport covers an area of 737

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s (298 ha) at an

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of 755 feet (230 m) above

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. It has two

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s: 4/22 is 6,800 by 100 feet (2,073 x 30 m) with a

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surface and 13/31 is 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) with an

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surface. Burrows Aviation, a privately owned business, is the fixed-base operator (FBO). For the 12-month period ending June 10, 2020, the airport had 43,200 aircraft operations, an average of 118 per day: 88%

, 12%

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and less than 1%

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. In January 2023, there were 49 aircraft based at this airport: 37 single-engine, 6 multi-engine and 6 jet.

Accidents and incidents

* On July 20, 2018, a vintage airplane crashed in a farm field near the airport after taking off. The

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says the jet was part of a formation training flight at the Sheboygan County Airport. The pilot was killed on impact. Two farm workers were injured. * On March 4, 2018, hydraulic issues forced a Flight for Life medical helicopter to make an emergency landing at the airport.

Images

File:Sheboygan County Airport Observation Deck.jpg, The Observation Deck from the Aviation Heritage Center building File:Sheboygan County Airport2.jpg, Sign and hangar File:Sheboygan County Airport3.jpg, Hangars File:Sheboygan County Airport.jpg, The airport in 2016

References

External links

Sheboygan County Airport Division
at Sheboygan County Government
Burrows Aviation
the

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(FBO) * at

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