Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport (IATA: PCD, ICAO: KPDC, FAA LID: PDC) is a city owned public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Prairie du Chien, a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.[2]

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Prairie du Chien
ServesPrairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL661 ft / 201 m
Coordinates43°01′09″N 091°07′25″W
Map
PDC is located in Wisconsin
PDC
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Location of airport in Wisconsin
PDC is located in the United States
PDC
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PDC (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
11/29 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022)12,300
Based aircraft (2023)15

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PDC by the FAA and PCD by the IATA[3] (which assigned PDC to Mueo, New Caledonia[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport covers an area of 257 acres (104 ha) at an elevation of 661 feet (201 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m); 11/29 is 3,999 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 8, 2022, the airport had 12,300 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and less than 1% military. In September 2023, there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 jet.[1]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PDC PDF, effective September 7, 2023.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. Great Circle Mapper: PCD / KPDC - Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport - Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
  4. Great Circle Mapper: PDC / NWWQ - Mueo, New Caledonia


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