# Birch Creek Airport (WS43)

**Birch Creek Airport** (FAA: WS43) is a small airport in De Pere, Wisconsin, United States. It opened in Jul 1987. It has one runway, 2,800 ft (853 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ws43

## At a glance

- FAA: WS43
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: De Pere, Wisconsin, United States
- Opened: Jul 1987
- Elevation: 813 ft / 248 m
- Coordinates: 44.3555, -88.0584
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 ft / 853 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745160
- Weather station: KGRB · WMO 72645
- Ident: WS43

## Timeline

- Jul 1987: Birch Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,800 ft / 853 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,800 ft / 853 m | =17,690 of 29,858 | =7,482 in North America | =6,328 in US |
| Elevation | 813 ft / 248 m | =21,145 of 43,403 | =9,876 in North America | =8,102 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.750 |

## Nearby airports

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- [2WS3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ws3.md) C. R. Acres Airport · 5.4 mi / 8.8 km
- [WI52](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wi52.md) M & F Landing Airport · 5.5 mi / 8.9 km
- [9WI3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9wi3.md) Buchholz Farm Airport · 6.0 mi / 9.6 km
- [WI78](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wi78.md) Martins Aerodrome · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [GRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrb.md) Austin Straubel International Airport · 9.5 mi / 15 km

## 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/ws43/data