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).
Weather right now KRYV · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 15 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KRYV 062155Z AUTO 20015G19KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A2984 RMK AO2 T02330072
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 Watertown from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Watertown, Wisconsin: 26 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.