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)).
Weather right now KAUW · observed 2:54 pm CDT (19:54 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 25
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:31 pm CDT (17:31 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 12 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAUW 061954Z AUTO 21012G25KT 10SM CLR 23/09 A2977 RMK AO2 PK WND 21028/1930 SLP084 T02280094
TAF KAUW 061731Z 0618/0718 22012G25KT P6SM BKN070 FM070200 29005KT P6SM SCT250 FM071600 28009G16KT P6SM SKC
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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
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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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 13 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.
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.