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16WI
(formerly 30W)
Sweetwater Bay Seaplane Base
Oconto, Wisconsin, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 16WI
Lat/Long: 44-57-06.9590N 087-48-30.3720W
44-57.115983N 087-48.506200W
44.9519331,-87.8084367
(estimated)
Elevation: 579 ft. / 176 m (estimated)
Variation: 02W (1990)
From city: 6 miles NE of OCONTO, WI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 54153

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use, CFM STS WITH AMGR PRIOR TO ARR.
Activation date: 02/1992
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at OCQ (6 nm SW): 120.925 (920-835-1599)
WX AWOS-3PT at MNM (13 nm NE): 121.45 (906-863-8801)
WX AWOS-3PT at SUE (18 nm E): 128.325 (920-743-7087)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GRBr034/28.9GREEN BAY VORTAC115.5001E

Seaplane Base Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway ALL/WAY

Dimensions: 10000 x 250 ft. / 3048 x 76 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY ALL  RUNWAY WAY
Latitude: 44-55.470333N44-57.116000N
Longitude: 087-48.512167W087-48.506167W
Elevation: 579.0 ft.579.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: THOMAS A. HINRICHS
7890 HWY Y
OCONTO, WI 54153
Phone (920) 634-8201
Manager: THOMAS A. HINRICHS
7890 HWY Y
OCONTO, WI 54153
Phone (920) 634-8201

Additional Remarks

APCH FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST OVER WESTERN SHORELINE; TREES UP TO 85 FT ALONG SHORELINE.
FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 16WI.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KOCQ - Oconto/J Douglas Bake Municipal Airport (6 nm SW)
KMNM - Menominee Regional Airport (13 nm NE)
KSUE - Door County Cherryland Airport (18 nm E)
3D2 - Ephraim/Gibraltar Airport (29 nm NE)
KGRB - Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport (31 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 23-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4009:40
Sunrise05:1510:15
Sunset20:2101:21
Evening civil twilight20:5601:56

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  23-May-2025 22:03:37
Local (UTC-5)  23-May-2025 17:03:37
 
METAR
KOCQ 
6nm SW 
232155Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM SCT032 SCT043 OVC050 13/05 A3007 RMK AO1 T01320050
KMNM 
13nm NE 
232157Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM SCT050 SCT070 11/06 A3009 RMK AO2 RAE40 SLP191 P0000 T01110061 $
KSUE 
18nm E 
232157Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM OVC050 13/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01330044
TAF
KGRB 
31nm SW 
231720Z 2318/2418 35007KT P6SM BKN040 FM240200 01002KT P6SM BKN045 FM240500 VRB03KT P6SM SCT060 FM241000 34002KT P6SM SCT250 FM241500 35004KT P6SM SCT045
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