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KY55 · Crandon Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 1 NTSB events

ID KY55 FAA Y55 Elev 1,646 ft Lat 45° 31.33' N Lon 88° 55.51' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,100 ft. Max gradient: 0.63%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
11 113° 3,100 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
29 293° 3,100 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
01 006° 2,742 ft 100 ft GRS No 0.45%
19 186° 2,742 ft 100 ft GRS No 0.45%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 1 frequencies

  • CTAF CTAF 122.900

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KY55 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 2 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

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

Watch for

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

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (1)

  • 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

    DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (2 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
  • ·MIRL RWY 12/30 PRESET TO LOW SS-SR, INCR INTST AND ACTVT - CTAF.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Steve Conway Municipal Airport

Source: OurAirports community

NTSB events

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 4,400 ops in 1991

2024 total

4,400

10-yr total

44,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 9% · GA 91% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Birdstrike / wildlife 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1999-10-24 Cessna 172N · Birdstrike · VMC · night-moonlit →

Designees in WI

CFI Flight Instructors 1,220 A&P Mechanics 3,071 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 36 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 3 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 10 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 22 Schools Flight Schools 50 FBO Fixed Base Operators 65 Clubs Flying Clubs 29 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 8 EAA EAA Chapters 35

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Renee Lynn Dubois Merrill WI 39 nm
Shane Robert Lehman Clintonville WI 55 nm
Karen Kalishek De Pere WI 75 nm
Kurt Gross Wisconsin Rapids WI 78 nm
Marshall David Crandall Menasha WI 81 nm
Andrew Wallace Ferguson Oshkosh WI 91 nm
Michael Ford Oshkosh WI 91 nm
Richard Lowell Hanusa Oshkosh WI 91 nm
Sean Eric Elliott Oshkosh WI 91 nm
Renee Lynn Dubois Manistique MI 115 nm

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

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Brent Jay Westfall Three Lakes WI 20 nm
Lance Matthew Wiedenhoeft Lakewood WI 22 nm
Geoffrey Ardell Weller Rhinelander WI 22 nm
Chester William Hanson Iv Rhinelander WI 22 nm
Alan James Horzewski Antigo WI 25 nm
Creston Robert Saul Jr Mountain WI 28 nm
Brian Leslie Ross Eagle River WI 28 nm
Howard William Franzen Iii Eagle River WI 28 nm
Mark Andrew Krupka Eagle River WI 28 nm
Luke Daniel Navis Eagle River WI 28 nm

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

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Justin Charles Turner Crandon WI 3 nm
Leonard Edwin Boltz Jr Pearson WI 9 nm
Robert Reid Granada Pelican Lake WI 12 nm
Karen Sue Ellis Hiles WI 14 nm
James Erwin Herbst Summit Lake WI 15 nm
Lawrence Donald Shetter Bryant WI 18 nm
Brent Jay Westfall Three Lakes WI 20 nm
Brian Eugene Mccormick Three Lakes WI 20 nm
Donald Albert York Three Lakes WI 20 nm
Nicholas Jay Dollar Rhinelander WI 22 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
JetGlow Aviation
Oshkosh, WI
 94 nm
Airworthy Aviation Maintenance
Sheboygan Falls, WI
 115 nm
Aviation Resources
Cumberland, WI
 128 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Menomonie, WI
 128 nm
Evans Avionics, LLC
Traverse City, MI
 149 nm
Skycom Avionics, Inc.
Waukesha, WI
 152 nm
Perceptive Avionics
New Richmond, WI
 154 nm
Cessna Citation Service Center
Milwaukee, WI
 161 nm
Sunshine Aircraft Repair, Inc.
Kenosha, WI
 181 nm
RC Avionics, Inc.
Blaine, MN
 183 nm

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