Pritchard Field
55WN · Eau Claire, Wisconsin · Eau Claire County · map
Pritchard Field is a private airport, 3 miles east of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 912 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 1,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 55WN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 912 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2012
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,600 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 12: power lines 30 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 25 ft high 800 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Eau Claire from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Eau Claire, Wisconsin: 54 piston singles, 7 business jets, 4 piston twins, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 turboprops. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
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.