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Class D

Wittman Regional Airport

ID KOSH FAA OSH Elev 808 ft Lat 43° 59.06' N Lon 88° 33.42' W Zulu

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FAA Airport Diagram · KOSH

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Runways at KOSH

8 runway ends on file. Longest: 8,002 ft. Max gradient: 0.44%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 180.5° 8,002 ft 150 ft Concrete Yes 0.23%
36 0.5° 8,002 ft 150 ft Concrete Yes 0.23%
09 091° 6,179 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.35%
27 271° 6,179 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.35%
05 045° 3,424 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.44%
23 225° 3,424 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.44%
13 129.4° 3,061 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.02%
31 309.4° 3,061 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.02%

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

7 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 125.900
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR OSHKOSH TWR 118.500
  • CTAF CTAF 118.500
  • CNTR CHICAGO CNTR 127.000
  • RDO GREEN BAY RDO 122.250
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Navaids associated with KOSH

  • NDB OS

    Pober

    0.40 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

  • VORTAC OSH

    Oshkosh

    111.80 MHz · DME 111.80 · LO · MEDIUM

Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KOSH, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom.

2 matched · 11 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR RWY 36; REIL RWY 18 & 27; HIRL RWY 09/27 & 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR RWY 36; REIL RWY 18 & 27; HIRL RWY 09/27 & 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR RWY 36; REIL RWY 18 & 27; HIRL RWY 09/27 & 18/36. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MALSR RWY 36; REIL RWY 18 & 27; HIRL RWY 09/27 & 18/36 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (11 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.
  • ·SFC CONDS NOT MONTRD BTWN 2200 - 0500 HRS.
  • ·RWYS 13/31, 05/23 & TWYS C, H, P NOT AVBL TO ACFT WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS.
  • ·RY 23 & RY 27 APCH ENDS ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED.
  • ·VERIFY CORRECT RY AND COMPASS HEADING PRIOR TO DEP.
  • ·[email protected].
  • ·MAXIMUM WEIGHT BEARING CAPACITY FOR ANY ACFT IS 50000 LBS.
  • ·MAXIMUM WEIGHT BEARING CAPACITY FOR ANY ACFT IS 50000 LBS.
  • ·A+ AND 100LL AVBL FOR FEE AFTER HRS, 920-236-7827.
  • ·HIRL 18/36 PRESET ON LOW INTST SS-SR, TO INCR INTST & ACTVT - CTAF.
  • ·PAPI RWY 09, 27, 18 & 36 OPR CONSLY.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KOSH — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KOSH

143 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 58 most recent.

Total events

120

since 1982

Fatal

20

16.7% of total

Last 5 years

21

≈ 4.2/yr

Last 10 years

31

≈ 3.1/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 115,288 ops in 2002

2024 total

77,384

10-yr total

698,209

2024 mix

AC/AT 3% · GA 97% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

44.4

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

7.40

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=31

  • Loss of control 9
  • Gear-up landing 6
  • Hard landing 5
  • Stall / spin 5
  • Ground collision 2
  • Other 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Midair / near-midair 1

All time · n=139

  • Other 50
  • Stall / spin 30
  • Loss of control 15
  • Ground collision 13
  • Hard landing 9
  • Gear-up landing 7
  • Engine failure / power loss 6
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-07-22 Dyke Delta JD-2 · Gear-up · day
2023-07-20 Vans RV-10 · Hard landing · VMC · day
2014-08-01 MOSQUITO XE · Other · VMC · day
2012-08-07 WILLIAMS JOHN T-51 MUSTANG · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2011-06-29 Keesler W8 Tailwind · Engine failure · VMC · day
2008-07-31 MOSER GEORG LANCAIR LEGACY FG · Stall / spin · day
2008-07-30 Piper PA-22 · Stall / spin · day
2003-01-14 Robinson R22B · Loss of control · VMC · night
2025-07-21 Ravin 500 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2025-07-20 Questair Venture · Gear-up · VMC · day
2025-07-18 Piper PA-20 · Loss of control · day
2024-08-27 Esqual VM1 · Other · VMC · day
2024-07-26 DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42 NG · Hard landing · VMC · day
2024-07-25 CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV · Loss of control · day
2024-07-22 Lancair ES · Other · VMC · day
2024-07-20 Just Highlander · Hard landing · day
2023-07-29 North American AT-6D · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2023-07-29 Rotorway,ELA ECLIPSE 162F,10 · Midair / near-midair · VMC · day
2023-07-25 Heath V-Strut · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2022-07-28 MESCHLER GARY R,HOLLIER B C RV-4,VANS RV-8 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2022-07-24 Cessna L-19E · Loss of control · IMC · day
2022-07-24 Cessna T310R · Loss of control · IMC · day
2022-07-23 WACO CLASSIC AIRCRAFT YMF-5C · Loss of control · VMC · day
2022-07-22 Cessna 180J · Loss of control · VMC · day
2021-07-30 WEISS DENIS Sparrow II · Loss of control · VMC · day
2021-07-23 Driver,GRAY RV-7,RV-8 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2021-02-27 Piper PA-23 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2019-07-24 North American AT 6F · Loss of control · day
2019-07-20 Vans RV-8 · Hard landing · day
2018-07-26 Fisher DAKATO HAWK · Gear-up · VMC · day
2018-07-24 Just JA30 SUPERSTOL · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2018-07-23 Quad City Challenger · Stall / spin · day
2018-03-09 Beech 76 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2017-07-28 MARK GOLDBERG BEARHAWK PATROL · Loss of control · VMC · day
2016-07-30 BOAM LARRY RANS S 7 · CFIT · VMC · day
2016-07-30 Bell 47G 2 · Hard landing · day
2016-07-24 BRISTELL E-LSA · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2015-07-22 Piper PA-46-310P · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2014-07-31 ZIMMERMAN BREEZY · Ground collision · VMC · day
2013-07-28 PHELPS KITFOX III · Fuel exhaustion · day
2013-02-02 Champion 7GCAA · Other · VMC · day
2012-08-01 Cessna 172S · Loss of control · VMC · night
2012-07-26 AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2012-07-21 Mooney M20J · Loss of control · VMC · day
2012-07-01 WILKINSON LORIN L HATZ XB-II · Loss of control · VMC · day
2011-07-27 Cessna 195 · Other · VMC · day
2011-07-25 GOTTSCHALK JOHN R JOHN 1 · Hard landing · VMC · day
2010-07-27 Hawker Beechcraft 390 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2010-07-19 Nord 3202 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2009-08-02 GALLAGHER Junior Ace · Other · VMC · day
2009-07-30 P&M AVIATION LTD Quik GT450 · Other · VMC · day
2009-07-25 PILGRIM SAMUEL W JR RV-6 · Gear-up · VMC · day
2008-07-27 BOLENBAUGH PHILLIP WILLIAM RANS S-6ES · Hard landing · VMC · day
2007-07-27 Beck,North American P-51A,P-51D · Ground collision · day
2006-07-30 Grumman,Vans Aircraft TBM-3,RV-6 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2006-07-23 Shaw Europa XS · Stall / spin · day
2005-07-29 Wilson Acrolite 1T · Engine failure · day
2003-08-02 Gerlach Skyraider II · Stall / spin · VMC · day

+ 85 more on file

DPEs near KOSH

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Andrew Wallace Ferguson Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Michael Ford Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Richard Lowell Hanusa Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Sean Eric Elliott Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Marshall David Crandall Menasha WI 15 nm
Karen Kalishek De Pere WI 34 nm
Thomas Bradley Boyer West Bend WI 38 nm
Shane Robert Lehman Clintonville WI 39 nm
Kurt Gross Wisconsin Rapids WI 60 nm
Patrick Hammer Milwaukee WI 61 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KOSH

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Paul William Anderson Oshkosh WI 2 nm
John Michael Dorcey Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Timothy Lee Lemke Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Joseph Brian Norris Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Clare Allen Patterson Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Otto John Seifert Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Dennis Wayne Smith Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Frederic Lloyd Stadler Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Sean Eric Elliott Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Tiffany Lynn Skaggs Braun Oshkosh WI 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KOSH

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Paul William Anderson Oshkosh WI 2 nm
John Michael Dorcey Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Henry George Frautschy Oshkosh WI 2 nm
John Thomas Monnett Jr Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Joseph Brian Norris Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Clare Allen Patterson Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Dennis Wayne Smith Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Frederic Lloyd Stadler Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Terry Leslie Rushing Oshkosh WI 2 nm
Barney Clark Schmitz Oshkosh WI 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KOSH

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
JetGlow Aviation
Oshkosh, WI
0 nm
Airworthy Aviation Maintenance
Sheboygan Falls, WI
33 nm
Skycom Avionics, Inc.
Waukesha, WI
59 nm
Cessna Citation Service Center
Milwaukee, WI
69 nm
Sunshine Aircraft Repair, Inc.
Kenosha, WI
88 nm
Mobile Avionics Technologies, Inc.
Lake In The Hills, IL
107 nm
Aircraft Propeller Service, LLC
Lake Zurich, IL
109 nm
Avionics Place, Inc
Rockford, IL
109 nm
West Star Aviation, Inc
Wheeling, IL
116 nm
The Polished Hare
West Chicago, IL
125 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.