Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Baraboo, City of Wisconsin Dells, Town and Village of Lake Delton | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | City of Baraboo | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Baraboo,Wisconsin Dells,Lake Delton | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 1945 (1945-10) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 980 ft / 298 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°31′19″N089°46′17″W / 43.52194°N 89.77139°W /43.52194; -89.77139 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport (ICAO:KDLL,FAALID:DLL) is a public useairport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of thecentral business district ofBaraboo, inSauk County,Wisconsin,United States.[1] The airport is located between Baraboo andLake Delton, Wisconsin, onUS 12, and is adjacent to theHo-Chunk Casino.
It is included in theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it iscategorized as a regionalgeneral aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letterlocation identifier for theFAA andIATA, this airport is assignedDLL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assignedDLL toDillon County Airport inDillon, South Carolina[4]).
It was originally known as Berry's Dells Airport. It was built and owned by Clinton DeWitt Berry in 1928, the proprietor of Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel and Golf Course, now part of the Chula Vista Resort. The airport originally comprised 60 acres and was designated on government maps as beacon No. 19. It was also on the Milwaukee-Minneapolis route to the northern airways. Upon announcing the opening of the landing field on May 26, 1928, Berry said, "I look for large numbers of planes from Chicago, St. Louis and other cities to carry visitors to the Dells this summer". Clinton Berry was the uncle of Robert Irwin Berry, owner of Berry Electric Contracting Company in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Berry was the grandfather of Robert Forbis, who used the airfield many times in his Lancair Columbia 300 aircraft.[5]
Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport covers an area of 312 acres (126 ha) at anelevation of 980 feet (298 m) abovemean sea level. It has tworunways: 1/19 is 5,010 by 100 feet (1,527 by 30 m) with anasphalt surface and is equipped withLOC/DME; 14/32 is 2,725 by 100 feet (831 by 30 m) with aturf surface and is closed from November 15 through April 15.[1]
DellsVORTAC is 1 mile north of the airfield.
Baraboo–Dells Flight Center, Inc., is thefixed-base operator.
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2024, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 89%general aviation, 8%military and 3%air taxi.
In August 2024, there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 43 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 4 jet and 1glider.[1]
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| Freight Runners Express | Middleton,Milwaukee,Mineral Point |
In 2017, aircraft flight tracking showed Freight Runners Express flying theirBeechcraft Model 99 aircraft type for Wisconsin Dells cargo operations.
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