Vette/Blust Seaplane Base
96WI · Oshkosh, Wisconsin · Winnebago County · map
Vette/Blust Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 5 miles west of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,300 feet of grass. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 96WI
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 750 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
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1982
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 10,000 × 4,000 ft | Water | |
| 07/25 | 1,300 × 60 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wittman Regional (4 nm northwest), Fond DU Lac County (10 nm south), Appleton International (19 nm north), Sheboygan County Memorial International (30 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Wittman Regional (4 nm northwest), Fond DU Lac County (10 nm south), Brennand Airport (13 nm north), New Holstein Municipal (16 nm east).
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 clear 20:1 approaches, clear obstacle free zone, and clear runway safety area.
- Open july 29 TH aug 7 F eaa convention.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Oshkosh from the FAA register
270 aircraft are registered to owners in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: 201 piston singles, 40 piston twins, 12 turboprops, 8 business jets, 4 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fox Valley Technical College 5 aircraft · Oshkosh, 4 miles away
- Fox Valley Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Oshkosh, 4 miles away Fox Valley Aero Club is a radio-controlled model airplane and helicopter club based in St.
Charter operators and airlines based in Oshkosh:
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting, Inc. 11 aircraft on the certificate
- Basler Turbo Conversions, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Basler Turbo Conversions manufactures the BT-67, a turbine-powered conversion of the DC-3/C-47 aircraft.
Repair stations in Oshkosh:
- Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC Basler Turbo Conversions manufactures and sells the BT-67, a turbine-powered conversion of the DC-3/C-47 aircraft.
- Newview Technologies INC NewView Technologies, Inc.
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Oshkosh 270 aircraft · 201 piston singles, 40 piston twins, 12 turboprops
- Eaa Aviation Foundation INC 65 aircraft in town
- Experimental Aircraft Association INC 26 aircraft in town
- Basler Turbo Conversions LLC 21 aircraft in town
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC 11 aircraft in town
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting, Inc. 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Basler Turbo Conversions, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Fox Valley Technical College 5 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Fox Valley Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC · repair station
- Newview Technologies INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,622 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 6,161 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/96WI.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 November 12, 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.