Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport
Y23 · Chetek, Wisconsin · Barron County · map
Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chetek, 1 mile southeast of Chetek, Wisconsin, 1,056 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,401 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport?
Its FAA code is Y23.
Where is Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport?
It is 1 mile southeast of Chetek, Wisconsin, 1,056 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 3,401 feet long.
Does Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y23
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chetek
- Elevation
- 1,056 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,401 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 1,490 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, tree 45 ft high 475 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 13 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 191 ft, trees 59 ft high 775 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 75 ft high 980 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Y23 and aWOS-3P | 119.05 | |
| Eau Claire Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 715-924-1836.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (9 nm northwest), Chippewa Valley Regional (27 nm south), Menomonie Muni/Score Field (27 nm south), Amery Municipal (31 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35; PAPI runways 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset on low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
- Hngr 100 feet from runway end, 200 feet L.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to displaced threshold, 59 feet trees 966 feet from displaced threshold, 160 feet R.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to displaced threshold, 75 feet trees 1180 feet from displaced threshold, 160 feet R.
- Runway 17/35 may not be plowed for 24 hours aft hvy snowfall or drifting SN.
- Runway 07/25 not plowed for SN, open to ski equiped aircraft.
- Waterfowl on airport late summer months.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chetek from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Chetek, Wisconsin: 27 piston singles, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Sandra Lee Randall private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Romeo Aviation, Inc.-Sandra L Randall · Cumberland, WI (19 nm) · (715) 554-0454 · [email protected]
- George Phillip Felix private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Burnett County Airport Terminal-Siren · Siren, WI (44 nm) · (701) 640-7335 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (50 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chetek 36 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 drones
- Loke Drone Lc 3 aircraft in town
- Knutson Family Limited Partnership 2 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/Y23.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 29, 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.