# Waukesha County Airport (UES / KUES)

**Waukesha County Airport** (IATA: UES, ICAO: KUES) is a small airport in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. It opened in Sep 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,849 ft (1,783 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UES / KUES
- FAA: UES
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
- Opened: Sep 1937
- Elevation: 912 ft / 278 m
- Coordinates: 43.0410, -88.2371
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,849 ft / 1,783 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 2 departures, 1 arrival
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.critesfield.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7975160
- Weather station: KUES
- Ident: KUES

## Timeline

- Sep 1937: Waukesha County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 5,849 ft / 1,783 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 102° / 282° | yes |
| 18/36 | 3,599 ft / 1,097 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 185° / 005° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05078AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,849 ft / 1,783 m | #4,997 of 29,858 | #1,470 in North America | #1,151 in US |
| Elevation | 912 ft / 278 m | #19,251 of 43,403 | #8,757 in North America | #7,099 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MILWAUKEE APP/DEP | 128.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.875 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.875 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

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## 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/kues/data