Wausau Downtown Airport
AUW · KAUW · Wausau, Wisconsin · Marathon County · map
Wausau Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wausau in Wausau, Wisconsin, 1,201 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)) and about 73 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 36,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Wausau Downtown Airport?
Its FAA code is AUW, and its ICAO code is KAUW.
Where is Wausau Downtown Airport?
It is in Wausau, Wisconsin, 1,201 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Wausau Downtown Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 5,200 feet long.
Does Wausau Downtown Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wausau Downtown Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Wausau Downtown Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Wausau Flying Service INC and C W Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wausau Downtown Airport?
2 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Wausau Downtown Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AUW · ICAO KAUW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wausau
- Elevation
- 1,201 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12W/30W | 8,000 × 300 ft | Water, good | |
| 13/31 | 5,200 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,041 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 34 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 38 ft high 225 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Mosinee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | |
| Auw and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.925 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 534-626-7129.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Central Wisconsin Airport (9 nm south), Merrill Municipal (17 nm north), Stevens Point Municipal (23 nm south).
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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset to low; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lightss runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 05, 13, 23 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 5/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- 40 feet trees 0-200 feet from threshold 300 feet R and 450 feet L.
- 30 feet trees 150 feet from threshold 425 feet L.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 69 |
| jets | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 36,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,550 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 28,800 |
| military | 50 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wausau from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Wausau, Wisconsin: 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 helicopters, 3 balloons, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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:
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · Wausau Wausau Flying Service offers flight training, aircraft rentals, scenic flights, and charter services from Wausau, Wisconsin.
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Wausau
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Kurt Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Wisconsin Rapids, WI (35 nm) · (715) 572-9464 · [email protected]
- Shane Robert Lehman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clintonville, WI (43 nm) · (920) 540-7502 · [email protected]
All 6 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.
- 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 · 9 since 1982, 0 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 airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wausau 75 aircraft · 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 helicopters
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- M3 Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Learn Build Fly INC 2 aircraft in town
- Kilo-Kilo LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Wausau Flying Service INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- C W Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/AUW.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 29, 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.