Northern Trails Aviation Airport
WN98 · Birchwood, Wisconsin · Sawyer County · map
Northern Trails Aviation Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Birchwood, Wisconsin, 1,272 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,800 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 WN98
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,272 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,800 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: trees on the approach
- Runway 27: trees on the approach
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: Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (18 nm southwest), Sawyer County (22 nm north), Burnett County (37 nm west), Amery Municipal (42 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (18 nm southwest), Cumberland Municipal (21 nm southwest), Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport (22 nm south), Sawyer County (22 nm north).
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 clear 20:1 approaches, clear obstacle free zone, and clear runway safety area.
- Prior permission required for landing.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Birchwood from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Birchwood, Wisconsin: 16 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.
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 Birchwood 16 aircraft · 16 piston singles
- 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/WN98.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 30, 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.