River Valley Airport
WS78 · Rhinelander, Wisconsin · Lincoln County · map
River Valley Airport is a private airport, 6 miles southwest of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 1,525 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,610 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 WS78
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,525 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
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 1,610 × 120 ft | Grass |
- Runway 02: threshold displaced 288 ft, trees 20 ft high 60 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 440 ft, trees 30 ft high 20 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: Rhinelander/Oneida County (5 nm north), Merrill Municipal (23 nm southwest), Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial Field (25 nm northwest), Eagle River Union Airport (25 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rhinelander/Oneida County (5 nm north), Tomahawk Regional (14 nm west), Merrill Municipal (23 nm southwest), Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial Field (25 nm northwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rhinelander from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Rhinelander, Wisconsin: 24 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 business jet. 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.
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 Rhinelander 27 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 business jets
- Rhinelander Flying Service INC 5 aircraft in town
- 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/WS78.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.