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.
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What is the airport code for Gilbert Field?
Its FAA code is 94C.
Where is Gilbert Field?
It is 1 mile west of Rio, Wisconsin, 927 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Gilbert Field?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,800 feet long, grass.
Does Gilbert Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gilbert Field?
4 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners 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 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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field (19 nm south), Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells Regional (23 nm west), Middleton Muni/Morey Field (24 nm southwest), Dodge County (24 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Portage Municipal (12 nm northwest), Waunakee Airport (18 nm southwest), Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field (19 nm south), Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells Regional (23 nm west).
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
- 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.
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- James Notstad private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Madison, WI (19 nm) · (608) 221-8116 · [email protected]
- Michael Ford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fox Valley Technical College · Oshkosh, WI (44 nm) · (262) 607-2744 · [email protected]
- Richard Lowell Hanusa private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oshkosh, WI (44 nm) · (920) 379-6187 · [email protected]
- Thomas Bradley Boyer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Bend Air · West Bend, WI (49 nm) · (920) 412-8028 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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
- Aircraft registered in Rio 9 aircraft · 9 piston singles
- 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/94C.json.
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 27, 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.