Red Wing Regional Airport
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Red Wing Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Red Wing | ||||||||||
| Serves | Red Wing, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Location | Hager City, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 778 ft / 237 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°35′22″N 092°29′06″W / 44.58944°N 92.48500°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  RGK Location of airport in Wisconsin  RGK RGK (Minnesota)  RGK RGK (the United States) | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Minnesota DOT,[1] FAA[2] | |||||||||||
Red Wing Regional Airport (ICAO: KRGK, FAA LID: RGK) is a city-owned public-use airport located in Pierce County, Wisconsin, three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Red Wing, a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RGK by the FAA[2] but has no designation from the IATA.[3] 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 regional general aviation facility.[4]
Red Wing Regional Airport covers an area of 534 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,010 by 100 feet (1,527 x 30 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 14,050 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% military and 2% air taxi. In January 2024, there were 67 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 24 jet.[2]
Accidents and incidents
On September 6, 2022, a Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair Super II impacted terrain off Highway 35 on airport property. Two people were killed.
