Viroqua Municipal
Y51 · Viroqua, Wisconsin · Vernon County · map
Viroqua Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Viroqua, 2 miles north of Viroqua, Wisconsin, 1,292 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y51
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Viroqua
- Elevation
- 1,292 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 2,424 × 90 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Y51 and aWOS-3P | 118.975 | |
| La Crosse Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 608-637-2925.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Viroqua from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Viroqua, Wisconsin: 12 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights 11 and 29; PAPI runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Closed nov 15 through apr 15.
- Has sharp 20 feet DROP-OFF EA end and slopes downhill to the north approximately 1.5%.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees L of centerline.
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.