Waukesha County International Airport Greater Milwaukee Airport |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Waukesha County | ||||||||||||||
Location | Waukesha, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 912 ft / 278 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.CritesField.com | ||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Wisconsin / United States | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: FAA and airport website
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Aircraft operations (2014) | 41,711 |
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Based aircraft (2017) | 170 |
Coordinates: 43°02′28″N 088°14′13″W / 43.04111°N 88.23694°W
Waukesha County International Airport (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES, FAA LID: UES), also known as Greater Milwaukee Airport, is a public use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Waukesha, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned and operated by Waukesha County. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever aviation facility.
Flight for Life-Wisconsin announced in October 2007 that it will move its operations to this airport in the summer of 2008.
Waukesha County International Airport covers an area of 543 acres (220 ha) and contains two runways: 10/28 with a concrete pavement measuring 5,849 x 100 ft (1,783 x 30 m) and 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,599 x 75 ft (1,097 x 23 m).