Sylvania Airport

Sylvania Airport, (FAA LID: C89) is a privately owned public use airport located 3 miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Sturtevant, Wisconsin, a community in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Sylvania Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesSturtevant, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL788 ft / 240 m
Coordinates42°42′11″N 087°57′32″W
Map
C89
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
C89
C89 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8R/26L 2,272 693 Asphalt
8L/26R 2,343 714 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016)23,000
Based aircraft (2018)47

Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned C89 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Skydive Midwest is based at the airport.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Sylvania Airport covers an area of 34 acres (13 ha) at an elevation of 788 feet (240 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 8R/26L is 2,272 by 38 feet (693 x 12 m) with an asphalt surface and 8L/26R is 2,343 by 120 feet (714 x 37 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2016, the airport had 23,000 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day; all general aviation. In November 2018, there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 43 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 1 ultra-light.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for C89 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 8, 2018.
  2. "Sylvania Airport". airnav.com. AirNav. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  3. "Chicago's Skydive Midwest's new facility". www.skydivemidwest.com. Retrieved December 10, 2016.


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