Manitowoc County Airport

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Manitowoc County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Manitowoc
Serves Manitowoc, Wisconsin
OpenedOctober 1937 (1937-10)
Time zone CST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation  AMSL 651 ft / 198 m
Coordinates 44°07′44″N087°40′50″W / 44.12889°N 87.68056°W / 44.12889; -87.68056
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Manitowoc County Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/355,0011,524Asphalt
7/253,3411,018Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)33,100
Based aircraft (2024)60

Manitowoc County Airport( IATA : MTW, ICAO : KMTW, FAA LID : MTW) is located two miles northwest of Manitowoc, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [1] It is 21 miles from Whistling Straights golf course and 34 minutes from Road America.

Contents

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029 categorized it as a local general aviation facility. [2]

The first airline flights were North Central DC-3s in 1953–1954; successor Republic pulled out in 1981–1983.

Facilities

The airport covers 710 acres (287 ha) at an elevation of 651 feet (198 m). It has two asphalt runways: the primary runway 17/35 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and the crosswind runway 7/25 is 3,341 by 100 feet (1,018 x 30 m). [1]

For the year ending September 14, 2021 the airport had 33,100 aircraft operations, an average of 91 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and less than 1% military. In August 2024, there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 55 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 jet and 2 glider. [1]

The Manitowoc (MTW) DME is on the field; the VOR function of this navaid was decommissioned sometime in mid-2019.

Lakeshore Aviation was the fixed-base operator (FBO) until December 1, 2013, when Manitowoc County took over operations.

Ground transportation

Public transit service is provided by Maritime Metro Transit, with the nearest bus stops on Menasha Avenue.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTW PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration . October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
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