Wittman Regional Airport

Wittman Regional Airport
Wittman Regional Airport
	IATA: OSH; ICAO: KOSH; FAA LID: OSH;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Winnebago County
Serves	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	808 ft / 246 m
Website	www.WittmanAirport.com
Runways
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	92,478
Based aircraft	149
	Sources: airport web site and FAA

43°59′04″N 088°33′25″W / 43.98444°N 88.55694°W / 43.98444; -88.55694

Wittman Regional Airport (IATA: OSH, ICAO: KOSH, FAA LID: OSH) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is owned and operated by Winnebago County.^[2] Wittman Field, as it sometimes called, is used almost exclusively for general aviation. It is named after pioneer air racer and aircraft designer and builder Steve Wittman. He was considered a very interesting character in his own right.

Facilities and aircraft

Wittman Regional Airport covers an area of 1,392 acres (563 ha) which contains four runways:^[2]

Runway 18/36: 8,002 x 150 ft. (2,439 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 9/27: 6,178 x 150 ft. (1,883 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 4/22: 3,424 x 75 ft. (1,044 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 13/31: 3,060 x 75 ft. (933 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 92,478 aircraft operations, an average of 253 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, 1% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 149 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine and 3% jet.^[2]

Airshow

The airport is the site of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Oshkosh, an experimental aircraft and sport aviation airshow. Across Knapp St. to the west lies the campus of the EAA AirVenture Museum. For the week of AirVenture Oshkosh (known locally as "The Airshow" or "The Fly-in"), Wittman Regional is the busiest airport in the world. ^[3]