Jim Benson Field
WI16 · Mineral Point, Wisconsin · Iowa County · map
Jim Benson Field is a private airport, 2 miles east of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 1,100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WI16
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1998
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,800 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 21: power line 57 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Iowa County (5 nm northwest), Platteville Municipal (17 nm southwest), Tri-County Regional (22 nm north), Monroe Municipal (28 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Iowa County (5 nm northwest), Platteville Municipal (17 nm southwest), Tri-County Regional (22 nm north), Lancaster Municipal (25 nm west).
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
- Provided obstructions lowered or removed from approaches or thlds displaced to provide a clear 20:1 approach; area 125 feet either side of centerline and 200 feet off runway ends are clear of obstructions; area 60 feet either side of centerline and 240 feet off runway ends are clear of ruts.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mineral Point from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Mineral Point, Wisconsin: 12 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 piston twin, 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.
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:
- Iowa County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Mineral Point, 6 miles away
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mineral Point 16 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 piston twins
- Uplands Aviation Management LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Iowa County Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/WI16.json.
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 27, 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.