Southern Wisconsin Regional
JVL · KJVL · Janesville, Wisconsin · Rock County · map
Southern Wisconsin Regional is a public-use airport owned by Rock County, 3 miles southwest of Janesville, Wisconsin, 808 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 7,302 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 87 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 67,665 takeoffs and landings a year. About 86 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KJVL · observed 6:45 pm CDT (23:45 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:37 pm CDT (23:37 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 18, 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 southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 pm CDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 15, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJVL 062345Z 20013KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A2984
TAF KJVL 062337Z 0700/0724 21011G18KT P6SM FEW250 WS020/23040KT FM070700 23006KT P6SM FEW250 FM071400 33006KT P6SM SCT250 FM071900 30010G15KT 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 JVL · ICAO KJVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rock County
- Elevation
- 808 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 7,302 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 6,701 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,004 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 83 ft high 2,792 ft from the end
- Runway 18: road 16 ft high 385 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.8 | Janesville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.25 | Janesville |
| Clearance delivery · Ground When tower closed | 121.65 | Janesville |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | Janesville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Janesville |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 608-758-1723.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 67,665, 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 Janesville from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Janesville, Wisconsin: 49 piston singles, 8 business jets, 6 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops. 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 · 14 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04 and 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 22; VASI runway 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset to low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04, 14, and 22 operates continuously.
- Conditions unmnt MON-FRI 3:30 pm to 7:00 am, wkend and fed holidays.
- Aprons and ramps restricted to 155 dtw gross WT.
- Runway 04/22 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. 90 day prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Runway 14/32 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. 90 day prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Runway 18/36 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. 90 day prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Light sport aircraft with cruise speed of 60 mph or less enter traffic pattern at 500 above ground level.
- Wrong runway departure risk. Runway 32 and runway 36. Runway thlds in close proximity.
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.