Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial Field
ARV · KARV · Minocqua-Woodruff, Wisconsin · Vilas County · map
Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial Field is a public-use airport owned by Lakeland Airport Commission, 3 miles northwest of Minocqua-Woodruff, Wisconsin, 1,630 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,150 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 36 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 27,190 takeoffs and landings a year. About 41 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KARV · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 8 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.71 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KARV 062235Z AUTO 25008G15KT 10SM CLR 21/10 A2971 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ARV · ICAO KARV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lakeland Airport Commission
- Elevation
- 1,630 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to May, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; June to September, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,150 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,602 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 84 ft high 2,650 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 46 ft high 1,570 ft from the end
- Runway 10: trees 71 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Arv and aWOS-3PT | 121.125 | |
| Woodruff and rco | 122.6 | Woodruff |
| Rhinelander and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 715-356-2417.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 27,190, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Minocqua-Woodruff from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Minocqua-Woodruff, WI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Sandhill cranes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset to low sunset to sunrise; incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 28; VASI runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Towns of arbor vitae, lac DU flambeau, Minocqua, Woodruff.
- Non-standard high-intensity runway lights; non-standard thld lights mals type thld light bar in addition to standard lighting.
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.