Capitol Airport

Capitol Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWisconsin Aviation Investments LLC
ServesBrookfield, Wisconsin
OpenedMay 1948 (1948-05)
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL844 ft / 257 m
Coordinates43°05′23″N 088°10′46″W / 43.08972°N 88.17944°W / 43.08972; -88.17944
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02C is located in Wisconsin
02C
02C
Location of airport in Wisconsin
02C is located in the United States
02C
02C
02C (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 2,994 913 Asphalt
9/27 3,387 1,033 Turf
18/36 1,602 488 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022)13,010
Based aircraft (2024)116

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.

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, 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 844 feet (257 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 3/21 which measures 2,994 x 45 ft. (913 x 13 m), plus two turf runways: 9/27 measuring 3,387 x 100 ft. (1,033 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 1,602 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 22, 2022, the airport had 13,010 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation and less than 1% military. In August 2024, there were 116 aircraft based at this airport: 107 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 jet and 6 helicopter.[1]

Brookfield Aero, LLC is the fixed-base operator.

Incidents

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 02C PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  3. ^ NTSB. Probable cause case CHI93FA038.
  4. ^ NTSB. Probable Cause case CHI02CA279.
  5. ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Pilot faulted for Capitol Drive Airport accident[permanent dead link‍]. December 10, 2003.
  6. ^ "Pilot from Virginia dies following plane crash at Capitol Airport in Brookfield". FOX6Now.com. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.