Merrill Municipal Airport
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Merrill Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Merrill | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Merrill, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | February 1938 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,318 ft / 402 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°11′56″N 089°42′46″W / 45.19889°N 89.71278°W | ||||||||||||||
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Merrill Municipal Airport (IATA: RRL[2], ICAO: KRRL, FAA LID: RRL) is a city owned public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Merrill, a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] 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.[3]
Merrill Municipal Airport covers an area of 439 acres (178 ha) at an elevation of 1,318 feet (402 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: the primary runway 7/25 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) with approved GPS approaches and the crosswind runway 16/34 is 2,997 by 75 feet (913 x 23 m). The Merrill NDB navaid, (RRL) frequency 257 kHz, is located on the field.[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 22, 2023, the airport had 18,710 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and less than 1% military.
In August 2024, there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 44 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 jet.[1]
