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) and about 25 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Boscobel Airport?
Its FAA code is OVS, and its ICAO code is KOVS.
Where is Boscobel Airport?
It is 2 miles northeast of Boscobel, Wisconsin, 673 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Boscobel Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 5,000 feet long.
Does Boscobel Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Boscobel Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Boscobel Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Boscobel Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Prairie DU Chien Municipal (21 nm southwest), Tri-County Regional (22 nm east), Iowa County (25 nm southeast), Platteville Municipal (30 nm south).
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
- 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.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 23 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 300 |
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
| military | 100 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Michael John Phillips · Dubuque, IA (46 nm) · (563) 589-3732 · [email protected]
All 9 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 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. 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 Boscobel 7 aircraft · 7 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 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 6,165 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OVS.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 26, 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.