Sylvania Airport
C89 · Sturtevant, Wisconsin · Racine County · map
Sylvania Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles west of Sturtevant, Wisconsin, 789 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08L/26R, is 2,343 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA C89
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 789 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08L/26R | 2,343 × 120 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 08R/26L | 2,272 × 38 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 08L: road 18 ft high 90 ft from the end
- Runway 26R: road 15 ft high 95 ft from the end
- Runway 08R: road 18 ft high 320 ft from the end
- Runway 26L: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 371 ft, road 18 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Sturtevant from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Sturtevant, Wisconsin: 5 piston singles, 1 glider. 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 · 13 since 1982, 1 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
- Prior to 1959.
- Activate airport beacon sunset to sunrise - the common traffic frequency.
- Ultralights on and in vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 26L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08R/26L - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Runway 08R/26L non-standard medium-intensity runway lights.
- 10 feet brush 100 feet from threshold, 65 feet R.
- Road 0-80 feet from runway end, 50 feet L; road 80 feet from runway end, both sides of centerline.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Rough area in fnt of sky diving hngr appxly 800 feet west of runway 26R thld.
- Para atvt on and in vicinity of airport.
- Runway 08R/26L closed to helicopter autorotation mnvrs.
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.