West Bend Municipal
ETB · KETB · West Bend, Wisconsin · Washington County · map
West Bend Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of West Bend, 3 miles east of West Bend, Wisconsin, 888 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,494 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KETB · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 15 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KETB 062115Z AUTO 21015G21KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A2985 RMK AO2
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 ETB · ICAO KETB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of West Bend
- Elevation
- 888 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,494 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,898 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 12 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 67 ft high 1,356 ft from the end
- Runway 06: trees 50 ft high 1,044 ft from the end
- Runway 24: road 11 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.75 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.35 | |
| Etb and aWOS-3 | 120.0 | |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 | |
| Arng and operations | 138.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 262-334-6161.
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 West Bend from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in West Bend, Wisconsin: 32 piston singles, 6 business jets, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones. 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 · 11 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
- When using military helipad military helicopters use patterns to the north or West of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset to low sunset to sunrise, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Military use only.
- Blue lights.
- Copter training in progress 6:30 am to 10:00 pm below 5000 feet.
- Fuel - J8 (NC-100LL, a).
- Arng - operates 1230-2200Z++ MON-TUE; 1230-0400Z++ WED-FRI. ltd prk. Prior permission required tran service dsn 724-7550, C262-334-6712.
- Caution - copter training in progress 1230-0400Z++ below 5000'. military copter use pattern to north or west of airport. Deer haz.
- Arng - operates 1230-2200Z++ MON-TUE; 1230-0400Z++ WED-FRI. ltd prk. Prior permission required tran service dsn 724-3417, C262-334-9154.
- Wildlife 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.