Flying 'O' Airport
3WI4 · Wausau, Wisconsin · Marathon County · map
Flying 'O' Airport is a private airport, 10 miles east of Wausau, Wisconsin, 1,320 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3WI4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,320 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,400 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: power line 20 ft high 350 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wausau Downtown Airport (10 nm west), Central Wisconsin Airport (14 nm southwest), Langlade County (19 nm northeast), Merrill Municipal (21 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Wausau Downtown Airport (10 nm west), Central Wisconsin Airport (14 nm southwest), Langlade County (19 nm northeast), Merrill Municipal (21 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Wisconsin · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Closed durg winter months from dec 1ST - may 1ST.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wausau from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Wausau, Wisconsin: 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 helicopters, 3 balloons, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · Wausau, 11 miles away Wausau Flying Service offers flight training, aircraft rentals, scenic flights, and charter services from Wausau, Wisconsin.
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Wausau, 11 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wausau 75 aircraft · 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 helicopters
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- M3 Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Learn Build Fly INC 2 aircraft in town
- Kilo-Kilo LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,622 since 1982 · 228 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wisconsin 123 landing places
- Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3WI4.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.