Boscobel Airport

Boscobel Airport[1][2] (ICAO: KOVS, FAA LID: OVS), also known as Boscobel Municipal Airport[3] is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Boscobel, a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Boscobel Airport

Boscobel Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Boscobel
ServesBoscobel, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL673 ft / 205 m
Coordinates43°09′39″N 090°40′26″W
WebsiteBoscobelWisconsin.com/...
Map
OVS
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
OVS
OVS (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
2/20 3,656 1,114 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2017)12,400
Based aircraft (2020)26

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OVS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Boscobel Airport covers an area of 382 acres (155 ha) at an elevation of 673 feet (205 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 by 23 m) and 2/20 measuring 3,656 by 58 ft (1,114 by 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 15, 2017, the airport had 12,400 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In June 2020, there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 23 single-engine and 3 multi-engine.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for OVS (Form 5010 PDF), effective June 18, 2020.
  2. Boscobel Airport (OVS) Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine at Wisconsin DOT airport directory
  3. Boscobel Municipal Airport (KOVS) at City of Boscobel website
  4. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  5. Great Circle Mapper: KOVS - Boscobel, Wisconsin


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