Shell Lake Municipal Airport
Shell Lake Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Shell Lake | ||||||||||
| Serves | Shell Lake, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,233 ft / 376 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°43′53″N 091°55′14″W / 45.73139°N 91.92056°W | ||||||||||
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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 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2]
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
[edit]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 September 23, 2021, the airport had 12,600 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 1% military. In July 2024, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: all 14 single-engine.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for SSQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 11, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Shell Lake Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSSQ, FAA: SSQ, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "La Sarre Airport, QC, Canada (IATA: SSQ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ "Shell Lake Municipal – SSQ (KSSQ)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
External links
[edit]- "Shell Lake Municipal Airport" (PDF). at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SSQ, effective July 11, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SSQ
- AirNav airport information for SSQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for SSQ
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