# Wausau Downtown Airport (AUW / KAUW)

**Wausau Downtown Airport** (IATA: AUW, ICAO: KAUW) is a medium airport in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kauw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AUW / KAUW
- FAA: AUW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 1,201 ft / 366 m
- Coordinates: 44.9262, -89.6266
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.ci.wausau.wi.us/Departments/Airport/GeneralInformation.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wausau_Downtown_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7975218
- Weather station: KAUW
- Ident: KAUW

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: Wausau Downtown Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12W/30W | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Water |  |  |
| 13/31 | 5,200 ft / 1,585 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 05/23 | 3,041 ft / 927 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 1,201 ft / 366 m | =14,981 of 43,403 | =6,506 in North America | =5,091 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 125.925 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 124.400 |
| RDO | GREEN BAY RDO | 122.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [CWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcwa.md) Central Wisconsin Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [RHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krhi.md) Rhinelander Oneida County Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [ATW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katw.md) Appleton International Airport · 71 mi / 115 km
- [VOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvok.md) Volk Field · 75 mi / 121 km
- [GRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrb.md) Austin Straubel International Airport · 80 mi / 128 km
- [OSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kosh.md) Wittman Regional Airport · 84 mi / 135 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #15

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kauw/data