Capitol Airport

Capitol Airport (FAA LID: 02C) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Brookfield, a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is privately owned by Wisconsin Aviation Investments LLC.[1] The airport is also known as, or formerly known as Capitol Drive Airport.

Capitol Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWisconsin Aviation Investments LLC
ServesBrookfield, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL850 ft / 259 m
Coordinates43°05′15″N 088°10′40″W
Map
02C
Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States
02C
02C (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,010 917 Asphalt
9/27 3,395 1,035 Turf
18/36 1,600 488 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2019)13,010
Based aircraft (2021)96

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 regional reliever airport facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Capitol Airport covers an area of 207 acres (84 ha) at an elevation of 850 feet (259 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 3,010 x 44 ft. (917 x 13 m), plus two turf runways: 9/27 measuring 3,395 x 100 ft. (1,035 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 1,600 x 80 ft. (488 x 24 m).[1]

The facility has no published instrument procedures and no instrument navigational aids.

For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2019, the airport had 13,010 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation and less than 1% military. In January 2021, there were 96 aircraft based at this airport: 87 single-engine, 3 multi-engine and 6 helicopter.[1]

Brookfield Aero, LLC is the fixed-base operator.

Incidents
  • A groundskeeper was seriously injured when he was struck by the propeller of a Cessna 120 taxiing prior to takeoff on September 6, 2002.[3][4]
  • 2 were killed November 21, 1992 when their Piper PA-28-140 crashed while attempting to land in low visibility.[5]
  • 1 killed, 2 injured January 4th, 2017 when their plane crashed during takeoff[6]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 02C PDF, effective January 28, 2021.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. NTSB. Probable Cause case CHI02CA279.
  4. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Pilot faulted for Capitol Drive Airport accident. December 10, 2003.
  5. NTSB. Probable cause case CHI93FA038.
  6. "Pilot from Virginia dies following plane crash at Capitol Airport in Brookfield". FOX6Now.com. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.


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