Sauk–Prairie Airport
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Sauk–Prairie Airport is a privately owned public use
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located 2 
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s (3  km) west of the
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of Prairie du Sac and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Sauk City, two adjacent villages in
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, United States. Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, is the nickname for the two combined communities. The airport is included in the
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(FAA)
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for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as an unclassified
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facility. Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter
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for the FAA and the
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(IATA), this airport is assigned 91C by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.


Facilities and aircraft

Sauk–Prairie Airport covers an area of 20
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s (8 ha) at an
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of 832 feet (254 m) above
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. It has one
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: 18/36 is 2,936 by 60 feet (895 x 18 m) with an asphalt surface, it has approved GPS approaches. For the 12-month period ending July 12, 2023, the airport had 8,350 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% military and less than 1% air taxi. In August 2024, there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 29 single-engine, 1 jet, 2 helicopter and 1 glider.


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 ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauk-Prairie Airport Airports in Wisconsin Airports in Sauk County, Wisconsin