Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin)

Watertown Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KRYV FAA LID: RYV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Watertown
Serves	Watertown, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates	43°10′11″N 088°43′24″W / 43.16972°N 88.72333°W / 43.16972; -88.72333
Map
RYV Location of airport in Wisconsin RYV RYV (the United States) Show map of WisconsinShow map of the United StatesShow all
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 4,429 1,350 Asphalt 11/29 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021) 58,000 Based aircraft (2022) 61
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Watertown Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRYV, FAA LID: RYV) is a public use airport located in and owned by the city of Watertown, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]

Watertown Municipal Airport was the site of the first Transponder Landing System in the United States.

Facilities and aircraft[]

Watertown Municipal Airport covers an area of 360 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 833 feet (254 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways:^[1]

• Runway 5/23: 4,429 x 75 ft. (1,350 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS and NDB approaches.
• Runway 11/29: 2,801 x 75 ft. (854 x 23 m.), surface: asphalt. Approved GPS approaches.

The ROCK RIVER (RYV) non-directional beacon, 371 kHz, is located on the field.

For the 12-month period ending May 24, 2021, the airport had 58,000 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 89% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 2% military. In February 2022, there were 61 aircraft based at this airport: 54 single-engine and 7 multi-engine.^[1]

Aero park[]

There is an aero-park, sponsored by the local Marine League, located adjacent to the airport where air operations can be observed.

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Gallery[]

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  Various monuments at the Marine League Aero Park adjacent to the airport

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  TLS building (right) and elevation receive antenna (left) as seen in December 2005 (TLS equipment was removed prior to September 2007.)

References[]

External links[]

• "Watertown Municipal Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2003. at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
• Wisconsin Aviation, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for RYV, effective February 24, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RYV
  • AirNav airport information for KRYV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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