Batten International
RAC · KRAC · Racine, Wisconsin · Racine County · map
Batten International is a public-use airport owned by Racine Commercial Aprt CORP., 2 miles northwest of Racine, Wisconsin, 674 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 6,574 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRAC · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 14 knots, gusting to 26
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KRAC 061953Z AUTO 22014G26KT 10SM CLR 22/08 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 21026/1950 SLP138 T02220078
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 RAC · ICAO KRAC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Racine Commercial Aprt CORP.
- Elevation
- 674 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 6,574 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,421 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 734 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 390 ft, rr 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 807 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 32: tree 31 ft high 770 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.15 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.875 | |
| Rac and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 | |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 262-635-0959.
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 Racine from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Racine, Wisconsin: 29 piston singles, 5 business jets, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- Est prior to 1959.
- Migratory waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate malsf runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22, 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04 and 22 operators continuously.
- Landing fee for jet aircraft.
- 10 feet fence 0-90 feet from runway end, both sides of centerline; 15 feet road 0-200 feet from runway end, both sides of centerline.
- 10 feet fence 10-200 feet from runway end, both sides of centerline; 15 feet road 0-200 feet from runway end, both sides of centerline; 50 feet tree 110 feet from runway end, 175 feet R.
- 23 feet railroad 0-200 feet from runway end, 60-230 feet L; 13 feet tree 75 feet from runway end, 145 feet L.
- Approach ratio 33:1 to displaced threshold; 33 feet tree 1100 feet from displaced threshold; 350 feet R.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to displaced threshold; 50 feet tree 920 feet from displaced threshold; 175 feet R.
- Approach ratio 26:1 to displaced threshold; 50 feet tree 1340 feet from dspcld threshold; 150 feet R.
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.