Chippewa Valley Regional
EAU · KEAU · Eau Claire, Wisconsin · Chippewa County · map
Chippewa Valley Regional is a public-use airport owned by Eau Claire County, 3 miles north of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 913 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,101 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 91 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 25,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 23,907 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KEAU · observed 12:56 pm CDT (17:56 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 inHg
The forecast issued Mon 12:39 pm CDT (17:39 UTC), good until Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Mon 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 11,000 feet VFR
- 30% chance between Mon 5:00 pm CDT (22:00 UTC) and 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, light thunderstorms with rain, overcast at 4,000 feet (thunderheads) MVFR
- From Tue 12:00 am CDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 am CDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,100 feet MVFR
- From Tue 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,100 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEAU 121756Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP044 T02720150 10272 20178 58016
TAF KEAU 121739Z 1218/1318 20005KT P6SM SCT200 FM122100 19007KT P6SM BKN110 PROB30 1222/1302 4SM -TSRA OVC040CB FM130500 30006KT P6SM SCT030 FM130800 30008KT P6SM BKN011 FM131600 31006KT P6SM BKN021
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (LSE, 60 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 240° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 230° at 27 kt, 20 °C; 9,000 ft: 250° at 35 kt, 12 °C; 12,000 ft: 260° at 28 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 260° at 30 kt, -9 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EAU · ICAO KEAU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Eau Claire County
- Elevation
- 913 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 5:30 am to 8:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,101 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 400 ft, 7,701 ft available for landing, road 4 ft high 140 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,301 ft available for landing
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.575 | Eau Claire |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Eau and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.025 | Eau Claire |
| Ground | 120.925 | Eau Claire |
| Eau Claire Rco | 122.2 | Eau Claire |
| Eau Claire Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.3 | Eau Claire |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 715-832-7990.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Menomonie Muni/Score Field (16 nm west), Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (35 nm north), Amery Municipal (45 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Wisconsin · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airport conditions unmon 2200 - 0500.
- When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 22; runway end identifier lights runway 4; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; runway end identifier lights runway 14; PAPI runways 14 /32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) services available on 129.625.
- Road 140 feet from runway end 481 feet left of centerline.
- PAPI runway 04 22 operates continuously.
- Approach ratio 50:1 at dthr.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- All general aviation aircraft park at the FBO (fixed-base operator).
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 659 departures from EAU in those twelve months, carrying 27,892 passengers in 38,970 seats (72% filled), to 16 destinations on 4 airlines.
All 16 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 63 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 15 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 544 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,025 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,701 |
| general aviation, local | 7,603 |
| military | 627 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Eau Claire from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Eau Claire, Wisconsin: 54 piston singles, 7 business jets, 4 piston twins, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Eau Claire, by their names on the register:
- Eagle Prairie Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Sandra Lee Randall private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Romeo Aviation, Inc.-Sandra L Randall · Cumberland, WI (44 nm) · (715) 554-0454 · sandi@romeoaviation.com
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (48 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · adam.magee1@gmail.com
- George Bolon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · WIN AIR · Winona, MN (48 nm) · (507) 313-8720 · gbolon@hbci.com
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Eau Claire 75 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 7 business jets, 4 piston twins
- Menard INC 6 aircraft in town
- Eagle Air US INC 5 aircraft in town
- Link Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Wisodak Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Eagle Prairie Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 596 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Southwest Florida International (RSW) 20 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Laughlin/Bullhead International (IFP) 12 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 9 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Chippewa Valley Regional (EAU) 7 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Akron-Canton Regional (CAK) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chino (CNO) 2 flights in twelve months · Gulf And Caribbean Cargo, Kalitta Charters II
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,619 since 1982 · 225 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wisconsin 123 landing places
- Wisconsin 6,160 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EAU.json.
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 9, 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.