Rusk County
RCX · KRCX · Ladysmith, Wisconsin · Rusk County · map
Rusk County is a public-use airport owned by Rusk County, 4 miles northeast of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, 1,240 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 18 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 8,070 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KRCX · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 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 KRCX 062235Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2975 RMK AO2 T02250112
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 RCX · ICAO KRCX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rusk County
- Elevation
- 1,240 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 3,199 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 83 ft high 1,620 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees 100 ft high 2,030 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Rcx and aWOS-3 | 118.125 | |
| Rhinelander and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-609-1301.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,070, 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 Ladysmith from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Ladysmith, Wisconsin: 7 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Nmrs cracks and vegetation.
- Occasional deer and geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Self service fuel available H24 via credit card.
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.