Black River Falls Area Airport
BCK · KBCK · Black River Falls, Wisconsin · Jackson County · map
Black River Falls Area Airport is a public-use airport owned by Black River Falls & Jackson CO, 3 miles south of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 836 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,601 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 1,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KBCK · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 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 KBCK 062235Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A2976 RMK AO2 T02530112
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 BCK · ICAO KBCK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Black River Falls & Jackson CO
- Elevation
- 836 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,601 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 25 ft high 340 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 43 ft high 1,510 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Bck and aWOS-3PT | 119.125 | |
| La Crosse Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 715-284-0007.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,500, 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 Black River Falls from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Black River Falls, Wisconsin: 6 piston singles, 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 · 3 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
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. Sunset to sunrise medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset to low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service H24 with credit card.
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.