Bed-ah-Wick Field

Buzzy Field Airport
Summary
Airport type Private
Elevation AMSL 895 ft / 273 m
Coordinates 42°44.477833′N 089°13.478833′W / 42.741297217°N 89.224647217°W / 42.741297217; -89.224647217Coordinates: 42°44.477833′N 089°13.478833′W / 42.741297217°N 89.224647217°W / 42.741297217; -89.224647217
Map
1WI3
Location of airport in Wisconsin
1WI3
1WI3 (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,250 686 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations 2 / year
Based aircraft 4
Stats for[1]

Buzzy Field (FAA LID: 1WI3) is a very small private gravel/turf airport in Evansville, Wisconsin, which single-engine propeller aircraft can utilize for landing.[2] There is no control tower or radio. Pilots must either visually guide their plane in for a landing or use the nearest radio near the airport for navigational aids. The airport is for private use and is privately owned. Permission is required prior to landing. The airfield was established May 1958.

Facilities

  • Runway 9/27 2,250 x 80 ft. (686 x 24 m) turf with low intensity runway edge lighting.
  • Former east / west runway currently used as a taxiway.

Incidents

  • A home-built Kraetzner Sky-Buggy crashed in a marsh north of the field following take-off August 20, 1995.[3]
  • A Piper PA-28-140 was substantially damaged when it crash landed in a marsh north of the field on September 8, 1994. One minor injury.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.gcr1.com/5010Web/airport.cfm?Site=1WI3
  2. ↑ http://www.dot.state.wi.us/travel/air/docs/trans4abc.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001207X04217&key=1
  4. ↑ http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001206X02202&key=1


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