Gilbert Field
94C · Rio, Wisconsin · Columbia County · map
Gilbert Field is a public-use airport owned by Rio Aero Club INC, 1 mile west of Rio, Wisconsin, 927 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,800 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 94C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Rio Aero Club INC
- Elevation
- 927 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,800 × 80 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 480 ft, trees 78 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 174 ft, hangar 20 ft high 100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Rio from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Rio, Wisconsin: 9 piston singles. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Established prior to 1959.
- Marked with orange cones.
- Marked with orange cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 11:1 to dthr. 78 feet trees 840 feet from dthr, 140 feet L.
- Approach ratio 14:1 to dthr. 20 feet hngr 275 feet from dthr, 100 feet L.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 09/27 steep drop off at runway edge and runway 09 approach end.
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.