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- Portage Municipal Airport
AIR PORTAGE INC
 Airport From NE |
 Looking to Wisconsin River |
|
 Runway 17 by Prison |
 Runway 22 SW over cemetery |
 Runway 22 SW towards river |
 Tiedown Area |
 Airport Late 60's |
John Poppy,
Manager
1011 Silver Lake Drive
P O Box 319
Portage, WI 53901
| Phone | : 608-742-3300 |
| Fax | : 608-742-0049 |
Email: poppy@air-portage.com
Airport
Services
Under new management, effective January 1, 2000.
Hours
of Operation:
| Open daily | : 8 am to 5 pm |
| Sundays open at | : 10 am |
| All other times are subject to the weather and flying traffic. | |
| Please call ahead for fuel or services outside the usual 8-5 hours of operation. | |
Fuel
Available:
| 100 LL | : Competive |
| MoGas | : Competive |
Restaurants
within walking distance:
| Pizza Pit, |
| Burger King, |
| Hitching Post: 608-742-8208
- A great local restaurant serving the best prime rib and Friday fish fries |
Rental
cars:
Available across the street
| Enterprise | : 608-742-4112 |
Parking:
Hangars and Tiedowns
Other
Services:
Flight instruction: Local
EAA chapter & The Portage Flying Club
Airport
Operations:
| Facility use | : Open to the public |
| Sectional Chart | : Chicago |
| Control tower | : no |
| ARTCC | : CHICAGO CENTER |
| FSS | :
GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION: 1-800-WX-BRIEF
|
| NOTAMs facility | : GRB (Notam-D service available) |
| Pattern Altitude | : 1000 ft AGL/1825 MSL |
| Wind indicator | : yes |
| Segmented circle | : no |
| Lights | : DUSK-DAWN |
| Beacon | : white-green (lighted land airport) |
| Landing fee | : no |
| Airline operations | : not certified under the FAR Part 139 |
Airport
Communications
| CTAF | : 122.7 |
| UNICOM | : 122.7 |
| MADISON APPROACH | : 124.0 |
| CHICAGO ARTCC APPROACH | : 120.1 |
| MADISON DEPARTURE | : 124.0 |
| CHICAGO ARTCC DEPARTURE | : 120.1 |
· APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 133.3/380.35 (LONE ROCK RCAG) WHEN MADISON APCH CTL CLSD.
Radio aids to navigate to the Airport
| VOR radial/distance Var | VOR name | Freq | ||
| DLLr084/12.2 | DELLS | VORTAC | 117.00 | 03E |
| MSNr343/25.7 | MADISON | VORTAC | 108.60 | 03E |
| LNRr061/32.5 | LONE ROCK | VORTAC | 112.8 | 00E |
| JUNEAU | 284/34.9 | 344 | 01W | UNU | . . - - . . . - |
| KICKAPOO | 096/37.4 | 251 | 03E | HBW | . . . . - . . . . - |
| NECEDAH | 139/38.5 | 233 | 01W | DAF | - . . . - . . - . |
Runway
Information
Runway 04/22
Dimensions: 3009 x 40 ft. / 917 x 12 m
Surface: Asphalt, in poor condition; severe cracking.
| Runway 04 | Runway 22 | |
| Traffic pattern | : Left | Left |
| Runway heading | : 043 |
223 |
| Markings | : NSTD | NSTD |
|
Markings condition |
: Poor | Poor |
| Latitude | : 43-33-23.057N | 43-33-44.77 |
| Longitude | : 089-29-13.148W | 089-28-45.2 |
| Elevation | : 825.0 ft | 816.0 ft |
| Runway end identifier lights | : No | No |
| Centerline lights | : No | No |
| Displaced threshold | : No | No |
| Touchdown point | : No | No |
| OBSTRUCTIONS | : ROAD | ROAD |
| Height | : 13 ft | 10 ft |
| Distance from threshold | : 200 ft | 200 ft |
| Distance from centerline | : 50 ft right | 120 ft |
Additional obstruction remarks: +70 FT TREE 60 FT FM THR 130 FT R; +65 FT TREE 90 FT FM THR 100 FT R
Runway
17/35
| Dimensions | : 3775 x 60 ft. / 1151 x 18 m |
| Surface | : Asphalt, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights | : Medium
intensity MIRL NSTD. RY 17 FIRST 100 FT NOT
LG35 FIRST 193 FT NOT LGTD. |
| Runway edge markings | : /35 DSPLCD
THLD MKGS13.9 to 1 Non-Standard
Approach ARROWHEAD THLD |
| Runway 17 | Runway 35 | |
| Traffic pattern: | Left | Left |
| Runway heading: | 178 | 358 |
| Markings: | Basic | Basic |
| Markings condition: | Good | Good |
| Latitude: | 43-33-56.812N | 43-33-19.61 |
| Longitude: | 089-29-00.084W | 089-28-58.1 |
| Elevation: | 811.0 ft | 822.0 ft |
| Visual slope indicator: | Pulsating/steady burning VASI on left | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | Yes | No |
| Centerline lights: | No | No |
| Displaced threshold: | Yes | Yes |
| DT distance: | 103 ft | 262 ft |
| Touchdown point: | No | No |
| OBSTRUCTIONS: | Trees | Road |
| Height: | 38 ft | 10 ft |
| Slope to clear: | 14:1 | |
| Distance from threshold: | 750 ft | 200 ft |
| Distance from centerline: | 220 ft right | 210 ft right |
Additional
obstruction remarks:
APCH RATIO DSPLCD THLD
TREE 160 FT THLD 115 FT - 1 FT ROAD THR ON CNTR POLES 30 FT R & 125 CONC
POSTS THR ON CNTR SIGN 15 FT THR 74 FT L TREE 930 FT THR 135 FT
Other
remarks:
Runway 4 obstruction
is a +30 ft Power line 350 ft from THR L/R of EXTDD CL
Numerous deer on and in vicinity of airport.
RWY 35 LRG HNGRS & TREE 200 FT W OF MAY CAUSE WIND SHEER WITH STRONG WINDS.
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