Lawrence J Timmerman Airport
MWC · KMWC · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Milwaukee County · map
Lawrence J Timmerman Airport is a public-use airport owned by Milwaukee County, 5 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 745 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 15L/33R, is 4,107 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 90 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 25,109 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMWC · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 11 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KMWC 062315Z AUTO 19011G17KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A2984 RMK AO2
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 MWC · ICAO KMWC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Milwaukee County
- Elevation
- 745 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15L/33R | 4,107 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15R/33L | 3,231 × 270 ft | Grass, good | |
| 04L/22R | 3,203 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 2,840 × 270 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15L: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 20 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 33R: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 830 ft from the end
- Runway 33L: trees 45 ft high 675 ft from the end
- Runway 04L: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 22R: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 29 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 04R: trees 50 ft high 915 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: trees 53 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.5 | Timmerman |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.3 | Timmerman |
| Clearance delivery · Ground When tower closed | 121.7 | Timmerman |
| Approach and departure | 125.35 | Timmerman |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 | Timmerman |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 414-461-2954.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,109, 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 Milwaukee from the FAA register
151 aircraft are registered to owners in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 64 piston singles, 58 turboprops, 18 business jets, 7 piston twins, 2 drones. 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 · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- When the control tower closed, medium-intensity runway lights runway 15L/33R preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 04L, 15L, 22R, and 33R; PAPI runway 15L and 33R; VASI runway 04L and 22R; and medium-intensity runway lights runway 04L/22R - the common traffic frequency.
- Marked by white traffic cones.
- Marked by white traffic cones.
- Marked by white traffic cones.
- Marked by white traffic cones.
- When VASI out of service, runway closed to landing sunset to sunrise.
- When VASI out of service, runway closed to landing sunset to sunrise.
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline. When PAPI out of service, runway closed to landing sunset to sunrise.
- Beacon elev 797' above sea level.
- Grass runways 04R/22L and 15R/33L and all grass taxiways closed 15 oct - 1 may.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Conditions unmon MON-FRI 3:30 pm to 6:30 am, Saturday, Sunday, or fed holidays.
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.