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61C Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 61C
Lat/Long: 42-57-47.5300N / 088-49-03.4610W
42-57.792167N / 088-49.057683W
42.9632028 / -88.8176281
(estimated)
Elevation: 800 ft. / 243.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 02W (2000)
From city: 3 miles NE of FORT ATKINSON, WI
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 53549

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1948
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GRB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Pattern altitude: 1800 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 03/21 PRESET ON LOW INTST; TO ACTVT HIGHER INTST & PAPI RY 21- CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
MADISON APPROACH: 120.1
MADISON DEPARTURE: 120.1
WX AWOS-3 at RYV (13 nm N): 119.975 (920-261-0734)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 133.3/380.35 (LONE ROCK RCAG) WHEN MADISON APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BAEr246/25.1BADGER VORTAC116.4002E
MSNr112/25.4MADISON VORTAC108.6003E
JVLr025/27.4JANESVILLE VOR/DME114.3003E
BUUr307/28.0BURBUN VOR/DME114.5001W
LJTr258/35.3TIMMERMAN VOR/DME112.5002W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ROCK RIVER199/13.337101WRYV .-. -.-- ...-
LAKE LAWN328/18.740400WLVV .-.. ...- ...-
WAUKESHA260/26.035901WUES ..- . ...
JUNEAU191/28.434401WUNU ..- -. ..-
HARTFORD219/29.620000EHXF .... -..- ..-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
FUEL AVBL PPR CALL 920-563-7760.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions: 3801 x 60 ft. / 1159 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Latitude: 42-57.516367N42-58.067933N
Longitude: 088-49.258767W088-48.856567W
Elevation: 798.0 ft.795.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 030 magnetic, 028 true210 magnetic, 208 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 66 ft. trees, 2800 ft. from runway, 250 ft. right of centerline, 39:1 slope to clear57 ft. tree, 1350 ft. from runway, 220 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF FT. ATKINSON
101 NORTH MAIN ST
FORT ATKINSON, WI 53538
Phone 920-563-7760
Manager: JEFF WOODS
101 N MAIN ST
FORT ATKINSON, WI 53538
Phone 920-563-7760

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 26
Single engine airplanes: 23
Helicopters: 2
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 30/day *
67% local general aviation
30% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 17 June 2009

Additional Remarks

RY 03/21 PILOTS REQUESTED TO FLY RY HEADING & CLIMB TO 1400 FT MSL BEFORE TURNING EAST.
ULTRALIGHT ACTVTY ON & IN VCNTY OF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03   download (200KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21   download (187KB)
VOR-A   download (181KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRYV - Watertown Municipal Airport (13 nm N)
87Y - Blackhawk Airfield (18 nm NW)
C59 - Lake Lawn Airport (22 nm SE)
57C - East Troy Municipal Airport (22 nm SE)
KJVL - Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (23 nm SW)
 
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Aerial photo of 61C (Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport)
Photo by Julie Kellogg
Photo taken 06-Jun-2007
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From to 61C

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1012:10
Sunrise06:4012:40
Sunset16:3822:38
Evening civil twilight17:0823:08

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 09:38:02
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 03:38:02
 
METAR
KRYV 
13nm N 
080915Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/00 A3008 RMK AO2
KJVL 
23nm SW 
080915Z AUTO 16003KT 5SM BR CLR 03/02 A3007 RMK AO2 T00330022
KMSN 
25nm NW 
080853Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 02/01 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP182 T00170011 51013 $
TAF
KMSN 
25nm NW 
080544Z 0806/0906 00000KT P6SM SKC FM080900 00000KT 6SM HZ FEW200 FM081600 13008KT P6SM SCT025 BKN200 FM082000 16008KT P6SM SCT040 FM090400 19006KT 6SM HZ BKN250
KUES 
30nm E 
080544Z 0806/0906 00000KT P6SM SKC FM080900 00000KT 6SM BR SCT200 FM081600 12007KT P6SM SCT025 BKN200 FM081900 15008KT P6SM SCT040 FM090300 22006KT 6SM HZ BKN250
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport

Miles Price ($)
RODEWAY INN JEFFERSON 1.8 80-85
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES FORT ATKINSON 2.5 161-162
SUPER 8 FORT ATKINSON WI 2.6 50
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 3.9 60-65

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport

3 in Fort Atkinson
2 in Johnson Creek
1 in Edgerton
2 in Watertown
1 in Janesville
3 in Oconomowoc
 

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