Wild Rose Idlewild Airport
W23 · Wild Rose, Wisconsin · Waushara County · map
Wild Rose Idlewild Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Wild Rose, 2 miles northeast of Wild Rose, Wisconsin, 908 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,990 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W23
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Wild Rose
- Elevation
- 908 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1982
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,990 × 100 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 1,710 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 09: road on the approach
- Runway 27: road on the approach
- Runway 18: trees on the approach
- Runway 36: trees 69 ft high 387 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Wild Rose from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Wild Rose, Wisconsin: 6 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 obstructions in runway approach surfaces are removed/lowered or thresholds displaced to provide 20:1 clrnc.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Leased to Wild Rose airport association.
- Runway 09/27 non-standard threshold lghts, do not comply with FAA standard.
- Runway 09 /27 marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 18/36 marked with yellow cones.
- Plowed winter months.
- Closed nov 15 through apr 1.
- Ultralight actvty on and in vicinity of airport.
- Deer and cranes on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.