Manitowish Waters Airport
D25 · Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin · Vilas County · map
Manitowish Waters Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Manitowish Waters, 1 mile south of Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, 1,610 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,498 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA D25
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Manitowish Waters
- Elevation
- 1,610 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,498 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,094 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,575 ft from the end
- Runway 04: trees 45 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 85 ft high 1,120 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| D25 and aWOS-3PT | 118.175 | |
| Rhinelander and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 715-543-2004.
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 Manitowish Waters from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin: 9 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 · 2 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
- 122 feet AGL/1737 feet above sea level tower approximately 1000 feet east of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
- Closed in winter.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Deer and coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Birds and migratory waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.