Waukesha County
UES · KUES · Waukesha, Wisconsin · Waukesha County · map
Waukesha County is a public-use airport owned by Waukesha County, 2 miles north of Waukesha, Wisconsin, 912 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 5,849 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KUES · observed 2:45 pm CDT (19:45 UTC), 9 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 12 knots, gusting to 26
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:38 pm CDT (17:38 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 10 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, a few clouds at 16,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am CDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am CDT (11:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KUES 061945Z 22012G26KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A2991
TAF KUES 061738Z 0618/0718 21014G23KT P6SM SKC FM070100 22010G19KT P6SM FEW160 WS020/23040KT FM070700 24007KT P6SM FEW150 FM071100 29005KT P6SM SCT120 FM071700 31010G18KT P6SM SKC
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 UES · ICAO KUES
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Waukesha County
- Elevation
- 912 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- September 1937
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,849 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,599 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 28: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 75 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 50 ft high 1,140 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 123.7 | Waukesha |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ues and aWOS-3 | 118.875 | Waukesha |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.6 | Waukesha |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 128.7 | Waukesha |
| Approach and departure | 125.35 | Waukesha |
| Gopac and star | 126.5 | Waukesha |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 262-521-5226.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Waukesha from the FAA register
99 aircraft are registered to owners in Waukesha, Wisconsin: 58 piston singles, 11 business jets, 7 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 6 balloons. 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 · 14 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
- Coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 preset on low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10; runway end identifier lights runway 28, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and VASI runway 28 operates continuously.
- Gross WT 2S-155
- North ramp lights out of service
- Call milwaukee (mke) clearence delivery 128.7 'ONLY' when Waukesha (ues) tower closed.
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.