122 public-use fields

Wisconsin Airport Density Altitude

Wisconsin has 122 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
KRHI — Rhinelander/Oneida County	Rhinelander	1,623 ft	3,332 ft	July
KEGV — Eagle River Union	Eagle River	1,642 ft	3,256 ft	July
40D — Three Lakes Municipal	Three Lakes	1,637 ft	3,250 ft	July
KBDJ — Boulder Junction Payzer	Boulder Junction	1,662 ft	3,243 ft	July
5N2 — Prentice	Prentice	1,579 ft	3,217 ft	July
D25 — Manitowish Waters	Manitowish Waters	1,610 ft	3,180 ft	July
KARV — Lakeland/Noble F Lee Meml Field	Minocqua-Woodruff	1,630 ft	3,154 ft	July
KPBH — Price County	Phillips	1,497 ft	3,116 ft	July
KMDZ — Taylor County	Medford	1,478 ft	3,099 ft	July
KAIG — Langlade County	Antigo	1,523 ft	3,098 ft	July
KPKF — Park Falls Municipal	Park Falls	1,501 ft	3,053 ft	July
KRRL — Merrill Municipal	Merrill	1,318 ft	2,991 ft	July
Y55 — Crandon/Steve Conway Municipal	Crandon	1,650 ft	2,973 ft	July
KTKV — Tomahawk Regional	Tomahawk	1,487 ft	2,967 ft	July
KCWA — Central Wisconsin	Mosinee	1,277 ft	2,947 ft	July
KVIQ — Neillsville Municipal	Neillsville	1,238 ft	2,906 ft	July
KMFI — Marshfield Municipal	Marshfield	1,278 ft	2,905 ft	July
Y51 — Viroqua Municipal	Viroqua	1,292 ft	2,891 ft	July
KMRJ — Iowa County	Mineral Point	1,171 ft	2,886 ft	July
KSSQ — Shell Lake Municipal	Shell Lake	1,233 ft	2,881 ft	July
KAUW — Wausau Downtown	Wausau	1,201 ft	2,854 ft	July
KEFT — Monroe Municipal	Monroe	1,086 ft	2,850 ft	July
KRCX — Rusk County	Ladysmith	1,240 ft	2,834 ft	July
KHYR — Sawyer County	Hayward	1,216 ft	2,829 ft	July
KUBE — Cumberland Municipal	Cumberland	1,243 ft	2,825 ft	July
3CU — Cable Union	Cable	1,360 ft	2,812 ft	July
9Y7 — Barron Municipal	Barron	1,110 ft	2,811 ft	July
KRPD — Rice Lake Regional/Carl'S Field	Rice Lake	1,109 ft	2,810 ft	July
KOLG — Solon Springs Municipal	Solon Springs	1,102 ft	2,783 ft	July
KISW — Alexander Field South Wood County	Wisconsin Rapids	1,021 ft	2,765 ft	July
C59 — Lake Lawn	Delavan	981 ft	2,747 ft	July
Y23 — Chetek Municipal/Southworth	Chetek	1,056 ft	2,745 ft	July
KAHH — Amery Municipal	Amery	1,088 ft	2,741 ft	July
KDLL — Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells Regional	Baraboo	980 ft	2,739 ft	July
1H9 — Nest Of Eagles	Spooner	1,115 ft	2,737 ft	July
KPVB — Platteville Municipal	Platteville	1,025 ft	2,732 ft	July
KDAF — Necedah	Necedah	919 ft	2,714 ft	July
63C — Adams County Legion Field	Friendship (Adams)	979 ft	2,707 ft	July
7V3 — Big Foot Airfield	Walworth	948 ft	2,706 ft	July
KSTE — Stevens Point Municipal	Stevens Point	1,110 ft	2,706 ft	July
KHXF — Hartford Municipal	Hartford	1,070 ft	2,688 ft	July
KOEO — L O Simenstad Municipal	Osceola	906 ft	2,686 ft	July
60C — Elroy	Elroy	944 ft	2,683 ft	July
8D1 — New Holstein Municipal	New Holstein	992 ft	2,680 ft	July
73C — Lancaster Municipal	Lancaster	1,016 ft	2,666 ft	July
6P3 — Waunakee	Waunakee	954 ft	2,664 ft	July
KEAU — Chippewa Valley Regional	Eau Claire	913 ft	2,658 ft	July
KGTG — Grantsburg Municipal	Grantsburg	927 ft	2,650 ft	July
5G4 — Eau Claire Lakes	Drummond	1,212 ft	2,631 ft	July
KRNH — New Richmond Regional	New Richmond	998 ft	2,631 ft	July
87Y — Blackhawk Airfield	Madison	920 ft	2,623 ft	July
Y72 — Bloyer Field	Tomah	966 ft	2,617 ft	July
C35 — Reedsburg Municipal	Reedsburg	906 ft	2,612 ft	July
Y77 — Bayfield County	Iron River	1,134 ft	2,604 ft	July
C29 — Middleton Municipal/Morey Field	Middleton	928 ft	2,602 ft	July
W23 — Wild Rose Idlewild	Wild Rose	908 ft	2,602 ft	July
94C — Gilbert Field	Rio	927 ft	2,600 ft	July
KLUM — Menomonie Municipal/Score Field	Menomonie	895 ft	2,586 ft	July
11Y — Flying Feathers	Chilton	913 ft	2,583 ft	July
KATW — Appleton International	Appleton	918 ft	2,583 ft	July
KMSN — Dane County Regional/Truax Field	Madison	887 ft	2,582 ft	July
58C — Jana	Edgerton	843 ft	2,578 ft	July
82C — Mauston/New Lisbon Union	New Lisbon	908 ft	2,571 ft	July
68C — Central County	Iola	882 ft	2,570 ft	July
KJVL — Southern Wisconsin Regional	Janesville	808 ft	2,566 ft	July
KETB — West Bend Municipal	West Bend	888 ft	2,565 ft	July
54W — Albany	Albany	820 ft	2,563 ft	July
3T3 — Boyceville Municipal	Boyceville	967 ft	2,562 ft	July
KRZN — Burnett County	Siren	989 ft	2,558 ft	July
KUES — Waukesha County	Waukesha	912 ft	2,557 ft	July
57C — East Troy Municipal	East Troy	860 ft	2,543 ft	July
KCMY — Sparta/Fort Mc Coy	Sparta	839 ft	2,530 ft	July
W11 — Lake Country	Sullivan	843 ft	2,529 ft	July
C37 — Brodhead	Brodhead	792 ft	2,528 ft	July
88C — Palmyra Municipal	Palmyra	851 ft	2,526 ft	July
KUNU — Dodge County	Juneau	934 ft	2,522 ft	July
KPCZ — Waupaca Municipal	Waupaca	840 ft	2,519 ft	July
KENW — Kenosha Regional	Kenosha	743 ft	2,512 ft	July
Y50 — Wautoma Municipal	Wautoma	859 ft	2,511 ft	July
91C — Sauk/Prairie	Prairie Du Sac	832 ft	2,509 ft	July
KLSE — La Crosse Regional	La Crosse	655 ft	2,503 ft	July
61C — Fort Atkinson Municipal	Fort Atkinson	800 ft	2,495 ft	July
79C — Brennand	Neenah	844 ft	2,493 ft	July
5Y3 — Gutzmer'S Twin Oaks	Whitewater	821 ft	2,489 ft	July
C47 — Portage Municipal	Portage	825 ft	2,476 ft	July
KFLD — Fond Du Lac County	Fond Du Lac	809 ft	2,475 ft	July
02C — Capitol Drive	Brookfield	844 ft	2,474 ft	July
KBCK — Black River Falls Area	Black River Falls	836 ft	2,471 ft	July
KRYV — Watertown Municipal	Watertown	833 ft	2,467 ft	July
KCLI — Clintonville Municipal	Clintonville	826 ft	2,465 ft	July
KOVS — Boscobel	Boscobel	673 ft	2,464 ft	July
KMWC — Lawrence J Timmerman	Milwaukee	745 ft	2,452 ft	July
62C — Cindy Guntly Meml	Franksville	784 ft	2,451 ft	July
KOSH — Wittman Regional	Oshkosh	809 ft	2,438 ft	July
KEZS — Shawano Municipal	Shawano	813 ft	2,436 ft	July
49C — Camp Lake	Camp Lake	749 ft	2,420 ft	July
KLNR — Tri-County Regional	Lone Rock	717 ft	2,412 ft	July
93C — Richland	Richland Center	742 ft	2,399 ft	July
C89 — Sylvania	Sturtevant	789 ft	2,388 ft	July
7P5 — Piso	Suring	895 ft	2,387 ft	July
KBUU — Burlington Municipal	Burlington	780 ft	2,384 ft	July
KMKE — General Mitchell International	Milwaukee	728 ft	2,376 ft	July
C74 — Cassville Municipal	Cassville	627 ft	2,370 ft	July
KPDC — Prairie Du Chien Municipal	Prairie Du Chien	660 ft	2,367 ft	July
W34 — Shiocton	Shiocton	760 ft	2,365 ft	July
44C — Beloit	Beloit	817 ft	2,342 ft	July
92C — Carter	Pulaski	783 ft	2,313 ft	July
KASX — John F Kennedy Meml	Ashland	827 ft	2,310 ft	July
KSBM — Sheboygan County Meml International	Sheboygan	755 ft	2,303 ft	July
3D2 — Ephraim/Gibraltar	Ephraim	773 ft	2,288 ft	July
KRAC — Batten International	Racine	674 ft	2,279 ft	July
35W — Port Washington/Didier Field	Port Washington	754 ft	2,258 ft	July
KGRB — Green Bay/Austin Straubel International	Green Bay	695 ft	2,249 ft	July
3D1 — Crivitz Municipal	Crivitz	735 ft	2,223 ft	July
KOCQ — Oconto/J Douglas Bake Municipal	Oconto	604 ft	2,137 ft	July
KSUE — Door County Cherryland	Sturgeon Bay	724 ft	2,128 ft	July
23W — Cornucopia Field	Cornucopia	757 ft	2,099 ft	July
KMTW — Manitowoc County	Manitowoc	651 ft	1,970 ft	July
4R5 — Major Gilbert Field	La Pointe	649 ft	1,967 ft	July
KSUW — Richard I Bong	Superior	674 ft	1,948 ft	July
2P2 — Washington Island	Washington Island	653 ft	1,890 ft	July
KLNL — Kings Land O' Lakes	Land O' Lakes	1,706 ft	—	—

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which Wisconsin airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Rhinelander/Oneida County (KRHI) tops the list: from 1,623 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 3,332 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in Wisconsin?

Kings Land O' Lakes (KLNL) at 1,706 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.