Kenosha Regional
ENW · KENW · Kenosha, Wisconsin · Kenosha County · map
Kenosha Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kenosha, 4 miles west of Kenosha, Wisconsin, 743 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07L/25R, is 6,600 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 223 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,291 takeoffs and landings a year. About 30 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KENW · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:42 pm CDT (21:42 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 5:00 pm CDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am CDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KENW 062253Z 21011KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02060067
TAF KENW 062142Z 0622/0718 22015G24KT P6SM SKC FM062300 22011KT P6SM FEW250 WS020/22040KT FM070700 24009KT P6SM FEW150 FM071200 28007KT P6SM SCT120 FM071700 31010G18KT P6SM FEW250
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 ENW · ICAO KENW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kenosha
- Elevation
- 743 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1959
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 6,600 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,440 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07R/25L | 3,302 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 25R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 15: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 58 ft high 1,150 ft from the end
- Runway 33: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 07R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 25L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 34 ft high 850 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 118.6 | Kenosha |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.175 | Kenosha |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.875 | Kenosha |
| Approach and departure | 135.875 | Kenosha |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 | Kenosha |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 262-652-7730.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,291, 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 Kenosha from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Kenosha, Wisconsin: 64 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters. 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 · 26 since 1982, 3 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
- When the control tower closed, high-intensity runway lights runway 07L/25R preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 07L; runway end identifier lights runway 15, 25R and 33; PAPI runway 07L, 07R, 25L and 25R; high-intensity runway lights runway 07L/25R and 15/33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07R/25L - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 15 and 33 operators continuously.
- Closed to jet aircraft and aircraft weighing more than 12500 pounds when runway 07L/25R is open.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right of centerline.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Helicopter departure and arrival operations will be authorized by air traffic control from movement areas only. NON-MOVEMENT area departures, arrivals and practice, are prohibited.
- Aircraft weighing more than 122,000 pounds, empty or fully loaded, are not allowed to be based at kenw. The term based shall be defined as an aircraft that is operates and airworthy on the airport for a majority of the year.
- Surface incident risk. Taxiway D and taxiway east. Intersection not vsb from tower..
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.