Shell Lake Municipal Airport

Shell Lake Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSSQ, FAA LID: SSQ) is a city owned public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Shell Lake, a city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] 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 basic general aviation facility.[2]

Shell Lake Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Shell Lake
ServesShell Lake, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL1,233 ft / 376 m
Coordinates45°43′53″N 091°55′14″W
Map
SSQ
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
SSQ
SSQ (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,711 1,131 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018)12,600
Based aircraft (2020)11

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned SSQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned SSQ to La Sarre Airport in La Sarre, Quebec, Canada).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KSSQ.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Shell Lake Municipal Airport covers an area of 132 acres (53 ha) at an elevation of 1,233 feet (376 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,711 by 75 feet (1,131 x 23 m), with approved GPS approaches.[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 11, 2018, the airport had 12,600 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 1% military. In June 2020, there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: all 11 single-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for SSQ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective June 18, 2020.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. "Shell Lake Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSSQ, FAA: SSQ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  4. "La Sarre Airport, QC, Canada (IATA: SSQ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  5. "Shell Lake Municipal – SSQ (KSSQ)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 11, 2012. External link in |work= (help)


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