Boscobel Airport
OVS · KOVS · Boscobel, Wisconsin · Grant County · map
Boscobel Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Boscobel, 2 miles northeast of Boscobel, Wisconsin, 673 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KOVS · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots, gusting to 26
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KOVS 061853Z AUTO 21012G26KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2988 RMK AO2 PK WND 21026/1848 SLP118 T02440078
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 OVS · ICAO KOVS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Boscobel
- Elevation
- 673 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,658 × 58 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 02: trees 15 ft high 230 ft from the end
- Runway 20: trees 26 ft high 405 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ovs and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.775 | |
| Lone Rock Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 608-375-2712.
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 Boscobel from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Boscobel, Wisconsin: 7 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 preset on low intst, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 07 operations continuously.
- Self service H24 via credit card.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -30C.
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.