Prentice Airport
5N2 · Prentice, Wisconsin · Price County · map
Prentice Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Prentice, 1 mile east of Prentice, Wisconsin, 1,578 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,134 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Prentice Airport?
Its FAA code is 5N2.
Where is Prentice Airport?
It is 1 mile east of Prentice, Wisconsin, 1,578 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Prentice Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,134 feet long, asphalt.
Does Prentice Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Prentice Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5N2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Prentice
- Elevation
- 1,578 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,134 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 337 ft, rr 23 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: road 8 ft high 285 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Price County (12 nm northwest), Taylor County (26 nm south), Merrill Municipal (31 nm southeast), Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial Field (33 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Price County (12 nm northwest), Tomahawk Regional (20 nm east), Taylor County (26 nm south), Park Falls Municipal (26 nm north).
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
- Provided thresholds are located to provide minimum 20:1 clrnc over obstructions.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Railroad 200 feet from runway end; 125 feet R; 5 feet sign 190 feet from runway end; 63 feet L.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Prentice from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Prentice, WI as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,619 since 1982 · 225 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/5N2.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 28, 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.