Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport
| image = Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport 2020 Door County, Wisconsin.png
| FAA = 3D2
| type = Public
| owner-oper = Village of Ephraim and Town of Gibraltar
| location = Ephraim, Wisconsin
| opened = {{start date|1947|10|}}
| timezone = CST
| utc = UTC−06:00
| summer = CDT
| utcs = UTC−05:00
| elevation-f = 763
| website = [http://www.friendsofephraimgibraltarairport.com FriendsOfEphraimGibraltarAirport]
| coordinates = {{coord|45|08|09|N|087|11|17|W|region:US-WI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Wisconsin#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Wisconsin
| pushpin_label = 3D2
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 2,697
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 1/19
| r2-length-f = 2,324
| r2-surface = Turf
| stat-year =
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2023)
| stat1-data = 9,300
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2024)
| stat2-data = 22
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=3D2|use=PU|own=PU|site=27184.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 8, 2024.
}}
Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport {{airport codes|||3D2}} is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Ephraim, a village in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is owned by the Village of Ephraim and the Town of Gibraltar. It was formerly known as Ephraim-Fish Creek Airport.{{cite web |url = http://www.airnav.com/airport/3D2 | title = 3D2 - Ephraim-Fish Creek Airport - FAA information effective July 9, 2010 | publisher = FAA data republished by AirNav | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100913004500/http://www.airnav.com/airport/3D2 | archivedate = September 13, 2010}}
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.{{cite web |title=NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A |url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/airports/planning_capacity/npias/current/ARP-NPIAS-2025-2029-Appendix-A.pdf |website=Federal Aviation Administration |accessdate=November 12, 2024 |date=October 28, 2024}}
History
The first runway at the airport was graded in 1945.[http://pubinfo.co.door.wi.us:8080/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=1e8fc801-90a4-4104-8e86-19a1ea0947dc/wsbd0000/20141103/00000183&pg_seq=1&search_doc=&query1_modifier=AND&query1=northern%20airport%20to&query1_field=CONTENT Northern Airport to Grade Air Strip], Door County Advocate, Volume 84, Number 16, page 1
Facilities and aircraft
Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport covers an area of 239 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 763 feet (233 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 2,697 by 60 feet (822 x 18 m) with an asphalt surface and 1/19 is 2,324 by 100 feet (708 x 30 m) with a turf surface.
Runway 1/19 slopes to the south such that one end of the runway can not be seen from the other. The airport provides 100LL aircraft fuel.{{cite web | url = http://airnav.com/airport/3D2 | title = Airport Information: 3D2 | publisher = AirNav | accessdate = December 29, 2024}}
For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2023, the airport had 9,300 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day, with 59% transient general aviation, 38% local general aviation and 3% air taxi.
In August 2024, there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 2 helicopter.
Climate
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| Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport | -9| -6| 63 | -18| -8| 52 | -6| 1| 49 | -1| 9| 97 | 4| 14| 86 | 9| 19| 91 | 14| 19| 105 | 17| 22| 96 | 13| 18| 96 | 5| 10| 107 | 2| 5| 80 | -4| 2| 57 |float=left |clear=left }} |
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.friendsofephraimgibraltarairport.com Friends of Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport]
- {{FAA-procedures|3D2}}
{{US-airport-minor|3D2}}
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Category:Airports in Wisconsin