Central Wisconsin Airport

Central Wisconsin Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMarathon and Portage counties
OperatorCentral Wisconsin Joint Airport Board
Serves
LocationMosinee, Wisconsin
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL1,277 ft / 389 m
Coordinates44°46′40″N 089°39′57″W / 44.77778°N 89.66583°W / 44.77778; -89.66583
Websitewww.fly-cwa.org
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 7,723 2,354 Concrete
17/35 6,501 1,982 Concrete
Statistics (12 months ending June 2024 except where noted)
Passenger volume184,000
Departing passengers92,720
Scheduled flights2,008
Cargo (lb.)346k
Aircraft operations (2022)13,592
Based aircraft (2024)27

Central Wisconsin Airport (IATA: CWA, ICAO: KCWA, FAA LID: CWA), referred to as "C-Way", is a public airport located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southeast of the central business district of Mosinee, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned by Marathon County and Portage County.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[3] It is the fifth busiest of eight commercial airports in Wisconsin in terms of passengers served.[2]

The airport serves a large swath of Central and North Central Wisconsin including cities such as Marshfield, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids, as well as several tourism communities. It is 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Granite Peak Ski Area, located in Rib Mountain State Park.

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for CWA PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.