Waupaca Municipal
PCZ · KPCZ · Waupaca, Wisconsin · Waupaca County · map
Waupaca Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Waupaca, 3 miles southeast of Waupaca, Wisconsin, 840 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 5,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 49 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 20,160 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KPCZ · observed 6:35 pm CDT (23:35 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 62°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
METAR KPCZ 122335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 23/17 A2968 RMK AO2 T02300165
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KPCZ
- the station, KPCZ
- 122335Z
- observed 6:35 pm CDT (23:35 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 00000KT
- wind calm
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- SCT120
- scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
- 23/17
- temperature 23 °C (73 °F), dew point 17 °C (63 °F)
- A2968
- altimeter setting 29.68 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- T02300165
- temperature 23 °C (73 °F), dew point 16.5 °C (62 °F)
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
1 warning in force over this field:
- SIGMET C41C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 40,000 ft, moving from the west at 35 knots, until 7:55 pm CDT (00:55 UTC).
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. A pilot reported smooth air, at 36,000 ft, 57 nm southwest, 6:32 pm CDT (23:32 UTC). The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The freezing level is about 13,500 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗
2 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- C700 at 40,000 ft, 38 nm northwest, 5:38 pm CDT (22:38 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
CWA UA /OV CWA/TM 2238/FL400/TP C700/SK TOP 360-370
- Report
- a routine report filed through CWA
- Where
- over CWA
- Time
- 22:38 UTC
- Height
- at 40,000 ft
- Aircraft
- C700
- Sky
- top from 36,000 ft to 37,000 ft
- B737 at 36,000 ft, 57 nm southwest, 6:32 pm CDT (23:32 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed, and in English
DLL UA /OV DLL/TM 2332/FL360/TP B737/TB NEG
- Report
- a routine report filed through DLL
- Where
- over DLL
- Time
- 23:32 UTC
- Height
- at 36,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B737
- Turbulence
- none
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (GRB, 39 nm east), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 19 kt; 6,000 ft: 250° at 35 kt, 18 °C; 9,000 ft: 270° at 31 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 280° at 28 kt, 4 °C; 18,000 ft: 260° at 29 kt, -10 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
3 notices to air missions in force at this field.
All 3 notices, grouped: procedures and charts (1), obstructions (2) →
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. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked a minute ago). The FAA has so far issued eFlight its test feed, which misses some notices; the request for the full feed is with the FAA.
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 PCZ · ICAO KPCZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Waupaca
- Elevation
- 840 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; September to May, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,201 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,899 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,330 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.3 | |
| Pcz and aWOS-3 | 118.625 | |
| Mosinee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 920-867-2407.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Clintonville Municipal (21 nm northeast), Appleton International (22 nm east), Stevens Point Municipal (25 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10, 13, 28, 31 operates continuously.
- Open memorial day to labor day.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Marking faded.
- Marking faded.
- Nmrs cracks and vegetation in pavement.
- Taxiway lights at entrance only.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 43 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 20,160, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 150 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,000 |
| general aviation, local | 10,000 |
| military | 10 |
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 Waupaca from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Waupaca, Wisconsin: 31 piston singles, 4 balloons, 2 piston twins, 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, 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 Waupaca, by their names on the register:
- Celestial Kinetics Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft Celestial Kinetics Flight Academy is a Part 61 flight school based at Waupaca Airport in central Wisconsin.
- Chain O Lakes Flying Club & CO INC 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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Shane Robert Lehman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clintonville, WI (21 nm) · (920) 540-7502 · slehman@frontiernet.net
- Michael Ford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fox Valley Technical College · Oshkosh, WI (29 nm) · (262) 607-2744 · midwestdpe@gmail.com
- Richard Lowell Hanusa private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oshkosh, WI (29 nm) · (920) 379-6187 · rhanusa@execpc.com
- Kurt Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Wisconsin Rapids, WI (35 nm) · (715) 572-9464 · wings@wctc.net
All 26 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 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. 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 Waupaca 38 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 4 balloons, 2 piston twins
- Celestial Kinetics Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Celestial Kinetics Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Chain O Lakes Flying Club & CO INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 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/PCZ.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.