Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,233 ft / 376 m 3,711 1,131 Elevation 376 m Serves Shell Lake | Owner City of Shell Lake 14/32 3,711 1,131 Asphalt Phone +1 715-468-7679 | |
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Address 501 1st Ave, Shell Lake, WI 54871, USA Similar Shell Lake Muni Airport‑Ssq, City Hall, Spooner Fire Departme, Shell Lake Municipal Campgro, Red Barn Campgro | ||
Shell Lake Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSSQ, FAA LID: SSQ) is a city owned public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Shell Lake, a city in Washburn 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 local general aviation facility.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SSQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SSQ to La Sarre Airport in La Sarre, Quebec, Canada). The airport's ICAO identifier is KSSQ.
Facilities and aircraft
Shell Lake Municipal Airport covers an area of 132 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 1,233 feet (376 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,711 by 75 feet (1,131 x 23 m), with approved GPS approaches..
For the 12-month period ending September 15, 2015, the airport had 12,600 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. In March 2017, there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: all 15 single-engine.