Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field
RPD · KRPD · Rice Lake, Wisconsin · Barron County · map
Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rice Lake, 5 miles southwest of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, 1,109 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 6,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRPD · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 11 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 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 KRPD 061935Z AUTO 22011G15KT 7SM CLR 25/12 A2976 RMK AO2 T02540120
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 RPD · ICAO KRPD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rice Lake
- Elevation
- 1,109 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 3:00 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
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1995
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,700 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 35 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 540 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 345 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 72 ft high 1,320 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Rpd and aWOS-3 | 120.525 | |
| Eau Claire Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-458-4481.
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 Rice Lake from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Rice Lake, Wisconsin: 14 piston singles, 1 business jet. 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
- Provided all traffic patternsare north and east due to conflict with Barron municipal; and trees off runway 13 are relocated or removed.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 preset on low intst sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19, 13, and 31; PAPI runway 01, 19, 13, and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport atndd otr hours O/R through the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
- 20 feet trees 160 feet from runway end, 385 feet L.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Ctrng obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Nmrs cracks and vegetation in pavement.
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.