Watertown Municipal
RYV · KRYV · Watertown, Wisconsin · Jefferson County · map
Watertown Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Watertown in Watertown, Wisconsin, 833 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 4,429 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 60 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 10 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 58,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Watertown Municipal?
Its FAA code is RYV, and its ICAO code is KRYV.
Where is Watertown Municipal?
It is in Watertown, Wisconsin, 833 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Watertown Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 4,429 feet long.
Does Watertown Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Watertown Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Watertown Municipal?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Wisconsin Aviation INC and Waterloo Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Watertown Municipal?
7 pilot examiners and 20 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 Watertown Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RYV · ICAO KRYV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Watertown
- Elevation
- 833 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,429 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 2,801 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 190 ft, brush 20 ft high 280 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 76 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
- Runway 11: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 42 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 29: tree 64 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.15 | |
| Ryv and aWOS-3 | 119.975 | |
| Lone Rock Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 920-261-0734.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Fort Atkinson Municipal (13 nm south), Dodge County (15 nm north), Hartford Municipal (18 nm northeast).
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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport attended other hours on request through the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- Approach ratio 23:1 to displaced threshold.
- Ducks and seagulls occassionally near airport during seasonal migrations.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 | 51 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 58,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,500 |
| general aviation, local | 35,000 |
| military | 1,000 |
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 Watertown from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Watertown, Wisconsin: 26 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 3 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 balloon. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wisconsin Aviation INC 18 aircraft · Watertown Wisconsin Aviation is a full-service general aviation provider based in Watertown, Wisconsin, with additional locations in Madison and Juneau.
- Waterloo Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Waterloo, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Watertown:
- WisAv Holdings, LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 20 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 5 training center examiners.
- Michael Ford private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Waukesha County Airport · Waukesha, WI (23 nm) · (262) 607-2744 · [email protected]
- James Notstad private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Madison, WI (27 nm) · (608) 221-8116 · [email protected]
- Thomas Bradley Boyer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Bend Air · West Bend, WI (30 nm) · (920) 412-8028 · [email protected]
- Christopher Timothy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Janesville, WI (36 nm) · (608) 290-4700 · [email protected]
- Patrick Hammer commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings; multi-engine airplanes · Freight Runners Express, Inc. · Milwaukee, WI (39 nm) · (414) 688-1556 · [email protected]
- Stanley McDuffie private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Air Cargo · Milwaukee, WI (39 nm) · (505) 264-1887 · [email protected]
- Richard Lowell Hanusa private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oshkosh, WI (49 nm) · (920) 379-6187 · [email protected]
All 50 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 13 since 1982, 3 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 Watertown 37 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 3 drones
- Wisconsin Aviation INC 18 aircraft in town
- WisAv Holdings, LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wisconsin Aviation INC 18 aircraft · flight school
- Waterloo Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 3 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 6,164 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RYV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.