Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator City of Prairie du Chien
Serves Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 661 ft / 201 m
Coordinates 43°01′09″N 091°07′25″W / 43.01917°N 91.12361°W / 43.01917; -91.12361
Map
PDC
Location of airport in Wisconsin
PDC
PDC (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
11/29 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016) 12,300
Based aircraft (2018) 11

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (IATA: PCD, ICAO: KPDC, FAA LID: PDC) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Prairie du Chien, a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a basic 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 PDC by the FAA and PCD by the IATA[3] (which assigned PDC to Mueo, New Caledonia[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport covers an area of 257 acres (104 ha) at an elevation of 661 feet (201 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m); 11/29 is 3,999 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 12, 2016, the airport had 12,300 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and less than 1% military. In June 2018, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 8 single-engine and 3 multi-engine.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for PDC (Form 5010 PDF), effective June 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: PCD / KPDC - Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport - Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
  4. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: PDC / NWWQ - Mueo, New Caledonia



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