Boscobel Airport

For the airport serving Ocho Rios, Jamaica, see Boscobel Aerodrome.
Boscobel Airport
Boscobel Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KOVS – FAA LID: OVS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Boscobel
Serves Boscobel, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 673 ft / 205 m
Coordinates 43°09′39″N 090°40′26″W / 43.16083°N 90.67389°W / 43.16083; -90.67389
Website BoscobelWisconsin.com/...
Map
OVS
OVS

Location of airport in Wisconsin/United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
2/20 3,656 1,114 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014) 12,400
Based aircraft (2016) 21

Boscobel Airport[1][2] (ICAO: KOVS, FAA LID: OVS), also known as Boscobel Municipal Airport[3] is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Boscobel, a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

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.[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OVS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Boscobel Airport covers an area of 382 acres (155 ha) at an elevation of 673 feet (205 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 by 23 m) and 2/20 measuring 3,656 by 58 ft (1,114 by 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2014, the airport had 12,400 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% military and 2% air taxi. In November 2016, there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 19 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for OVS (Form 5010 PDF), effective Nov 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Boscobel Airport (OVS) at Wisconsin DOT airport directory
  3. ↑ Boscobel Municipal Airport (KOVS) at City of Boscobel website
  4. ↑ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KOVS - Boscobel, Wisconsin

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