Airport type Public Website RuskCounty.org/... Elevation 377 m | Elevation AMSL 1,238 ft / 377 m 14/32 4,001 Phone +1 715-532-2635 | |
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Rusk County Airport (ICAO: KRCX, FAA LID: RCX) is a county owned public use airport in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. 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 local general aviation facility.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RCX by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Rusk County Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 1,238 feet (377 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m) and 1/19 is 3,199 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m). The Rusk County NDB navaid, (RCX) frequency 356 kHz, is located on the field.
For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2014, the airport had 8,070 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and <1% military. In March 2017, there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 19 single-engine and 1 ultralight.