Eagle River Union Airport
EGV · KEGV · Eagle River, Wisconsin · Vilas County · map
Eagle River Union Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Eagle River in Eagle River, Wisconsin, 1,642 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 41 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,598 takeoffs and landings a year. About 32 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KEGV · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 10 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.71 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 KEGV 062235Z AUTO 24010G14KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A2971 RMK AO2 T02100087
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 EGV · ICAO KEGV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Eagle River
- Elevation
- 1,642 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,000 × 76 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,400 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 04: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 13: trees 20 ft high 325 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Egv and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Rhinelander and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-479-1465.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,598, 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 Eagle River from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Eagle River, Wisconsin: 21 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset to low sunset to sunrise; activate and incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 4 and 22; PAPI runway 4 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; peri H1; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel available 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.