Shell Lake Municipal
SSQ · KSSQ · Shell Lake, Wisconsin · Washburn County · map
Shell Lake Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Shell Lake, 1 mile southeast of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, 1,233 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,711 feet of asphalt. It has about 14 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,600 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Shell Lake Municipal?
Its FAA code is SSQ, and its ICAO code is KSSQ.
Where is Shell Lake Municipal?
It is 1 mile southeast of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, 1,233 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Shell Lake Municipal?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,711 feet long, asphalt.
Does Shell Lake Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shell Lake Municipal?
2 pilot 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 Shell Lake Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SSQ · ICAO KSSQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Shell Lake
- Elevation
- 1,233 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,711 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 619 ft, 2,881 ft available for landing, trees 95 ft high 1,080 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 210 ft, 3,500 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hayward and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.45 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (20 nm south), Burnett County (20 nm west), Sawyer County (27 nm northeast), Amery Municipal (33 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cumberland Municipal (14 nm south), Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (20 nm south), Burnett County (20 nm west), Sawyer County (27 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
- (E81) taxiway lights at entrance only.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 32; PAPI runway 14, 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 14 approach ratio 18:1 to displaced thld; 93 feet trees 1699 feet 400 L.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of of airport.
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 | 14 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
| military | 100 |
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 Shell Lake from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Shell Lake, Wisconsin: 4 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes.
- Sandra Lee Randall private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Romeo Aviation, Inc.-Sandra L Randall · Cumberland, WI (14 nm) · (715) 554-0454 · [email protected]
- George Phillip Felix private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Burnett County Airport Terminal-Siren · Siren, WI (20 nm) · (701) 640-7335 · [email protected]
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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 Shell Lake 4 aircraft · 4 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 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/SSQ.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.