Fond DU Lac County
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Fond DU Lac County is a public-use airport owned by Fond du Lac County, 1 mile west of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 809 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,941 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 60 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 63,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFLD · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 9 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 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 KFLD 062253Z AUTO 22009G17KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A2981 RMK AO2 PK WND 20026/2156 SLP095 T02110067
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 FLD · ICAO KFLD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fond du Lac County
- Elevation
- 809 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1958
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,941 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,604 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, building 7 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 23 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.0 | |
| Fld and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.0 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 920-922-4444.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 63,200, 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 Fond du Lac from the FAA register
49 aircraft are registered to owners in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin: 40 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 · 12 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
- High-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- 7 feet building 180 feet from runway end, 440 L.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Temporary the control tower in effect durg eaa airventure.
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.