Boscobel Airport[1][2] (ICAO: KOVS, FAA LID: OVS), also known as Boscobel Municipal Airport,[3] is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Boscobel, a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
Boscobel Airport Boscobel Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Boscobel | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Boscobel, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 673 ft / 205 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°09′39″N 090°40′26″W / 43.16083°N 90.67389°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | BoscobelWisconsin.com/... | ||||||||||||||
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  OVS Location of airport in Wisconsin  OVS OVS (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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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 local general aviation facility.[4]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OVS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
editBoscobel Airport covers an area of 382 acres (155 ha) at an elevation of 673 feet (205 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the primary runway 7/25 measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 by 23 m) and the crosswind runway 2/20 measuring 3,656 by 58 ft (1,114 by 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 19, 2023, the airport had 12,400 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In August 2024, there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 23 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for OVS PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
- ^ Boscobel Airport (OVS) Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine at Wisconsin DOT airport directory
- ^ Boscobel Municipal Airport (KOVS) at City of Boscobel website
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KOVS - Boscobel, Wisconsin
External links
edit- Boscobel Airport at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OVS, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OVS
- AirNav airport information for KOVS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures