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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

Website
  
flygrb.com

Elevation
  
212 m

Owner
  
Brown County, Wisconsin

Serves
  
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Elevation AMSL
  
695 ft / 212 m

Code
  
GRB

Phone
  
+1 920-498-4800

Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport

Operator
  
Brown County Airport Department

Address
  
2077 Airport Dr, Green Bay, WI 54313, USA

Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport (IATA: GRB, ICAO: KGRB, FAA LID: GRB), formerly Austin Straubel International Airport, is a county-owned public use airport in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States serving Northeast Wisconsin and portions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The airport is located seven nautical miles (13 km) southwest of downtown Green Bay, in the village of Ashwaubenon. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. It sits on portions of land encompassing Green Bay and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin's Indian reservation. It has two runways and is used for commercial air travel and general aviation. There are two concourses with six gates each, the first concourse was completed in July 2004 and the second concourse was completed in December 2005. They were designed by Mead & Hunt, Inc. Also located on site are three restaurants (operated by Air Host) and four car rental companies.

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The airport is named for Lt. Col. Austin Straubel, the first aviator from Brown County to lose his life in his country's service on February 3, 1942, after having served for thirteen years in the United States Army Air Corps. The airport name was officially changed to Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport on August 17, 2016.

Austin Straubel has long been the 3rd busiest commercial airport in Wisconsin in terms of passengers served in the state. GRB is also the home airport of the Green Bay Packers.

Facilities

Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport has two fixed-base operators: Executive Air and Jet Air. Both offer full service during operating hours. The airport covers 2,441 acres (988 ha) and has two runways.

  • Runway 18/36: 8,699 x 150 ft (2,651 x 46 m.), Surface: Concrete, ILS equipped.
  • Runway 6/24: 7,699 x 150 ft (2,347 x 46 m.), Surface: Concrete, ILS/DME equipped.

    • In March 2017, there were 110 aircraft based at this airport: 67 single-engine, 16 multi-engine, 25 jet, 1 helicopter and 1 ultra-light.

    Accidents and incidents

  • On June 29, 1972, a Convair CV-580 flying as, North Central Airlines flight 290 bound for Oshkosh, Milwaukee and Chicago collided midair with an Air Wisconsin turboprop plane over Lake Winnebago. 8 people died as a result of this accident, 5 from the North Central flight and 3 from the Air Wisconsin plane.
  • On December 21, 1979, a Cessna 310R operated by Green Bay Aviation was destroyed and 2 of the 5 occupants were killed when the aircraft struck trees. The accident occurred 1/2-mile SW of the airport as the aircraft was executing an ILS runway 6 approach. NTSB CHI80DA017
  • On January 25, 1989, a privately owned Cessna 337G was destroyed when it impacted the ground 1/2-mile south of Austin Straubel Airport. The aircraft was on approach to GRB, where it was based, when the crash occurred. The plane's only occupant, the pilot, was killed. NTSB CHI89DEP01
  • On May 2, 1994, a privately owned Maule M-7-235 crashed near McIntosh, SD killing the pilot and his passenger. The aircraft impacted rising terrain and was destroyed. This flight originated earlier in the day at Austin Straubel Airport where the craft was based. NTSB CHI94FA155
  • On April 2, 2001, a Cessna 501 I/SP en route to Fort Myers, Florida crashed into a Morning Glory Dairy warehouse immediately after takeoff from Runway 18, killing the sole occupant of the aircraft.
  • On May 16, 2001, a Glasair experimental aircraft was destroyed and the pilot killed. The aircraft, which was based at GRB, impacted the ground while executing a turn for separation with a landing Cessna on runway 24 at GRB. NTSB CHI01LA138

    • References

    Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport Wikipedia
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