Airport type Public Serves La Pointe, Wisconsin 4/22 3,000 | Owner Town of La Pointe Elevation AMSL 648 ft / 198 m | |
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Website www.townoflapointewi.gov/airport | ||
Major Gilbert Field Airport, also known as Madeline Island Airport, (FAA LID: 4R5) is a town owned public use airport located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of La Pointe, Wisconsin, a town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. 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 basic general aviation facility.
Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned 4R5 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Major Gilbert Field Airport covers an area of 136 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 648 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: 4/22 is 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.
For the 12-month period ending September 28, 2016, the airport had 6,050 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 1% air taxi and 99% general aviation. In March 2017, there was 1 aircraft based at this airport: 1 single-engine.