Major Gilbert Field
4R5 · La Pointe, Wisconsin · Ashland County · map
Major Gilbert Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Lapointe, 2 miles northeast of La Pointe, Wisconsin, 649 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4R5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Lapointe
- Elevation
- 649 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 430 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 4R5 AWOS-3PT | 119.375 | |
| Ironwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 715-747-5519.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in La Pointe from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in La Pointe, Wisconsin: 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04; PAPI runway 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset to low sunset to sunrise, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 40 feet trees 190 feet from runway end, 230 feet L.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.