Sawyer County
HYR · KHYR · Hayward, Wisconsin · Sawyer County · map
Sawyer County is a public-use airport owned by Sawyer County, 2 miles northeast of Hayward, Wisconsin, 1,216 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 30 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KHYR · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.72 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:39 pm CDT (17:39 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 8 knots, gusting to 17, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 24,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, gusting to 15, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet, a few clouds at 23,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the west at 11 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet, a few clouds at 19,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHYR 062153Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 23/10 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP063 T02280100 $
TAF KHYR 061739Z 0618/0718 22013G21KT P6SM FEW250 FM062100 25008G17KT P6SM SCT250 FM070200 00000KT P6SM FEW240 FM071400 26007G15KT P6SM FEW070 FEW230 FM071700 28011G21KT P6SM FEW060 FEW190
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 HYR · ICAO KHYR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sawyer County
- Elevation
- 1,216 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; November to April, every day, 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: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 1,088 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 7 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 21: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 88 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
- Runway 16: trees 60 ft high 1,030 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 53 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hyr and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.4 | |
| Hayward and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.45 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 715-634-6138.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,600, 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 Hayward from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Hayward, Wisconsin: 18 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 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 · 6 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 21; runway end identifier lights runway 03; PAPI runway 03 and 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. Sunset to sunrise high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset to low; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed dec 1 - apr 15.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport condition unmon 5:00 pm to 8:00 am.
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.