Madeline Island Airport Information for Visiting Private Pilots

For anyone who is a private aircraft owner visiting the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior, here's some useful information about the Madeline Island Airport in La Pointe, Wisconsin:

• The FAA Identifier for the Madeline Island Airport is 4R5
• The Madeline Island Airport is a public airport, owned and operated by the Town of La Pointe, Wisconsin.
• There is a 3000 foot hard surface runway, seventy-five feet wide, asphalt surface, with medium-intensity runway lights
• There are two runways with nonprecision runway markings
• The airport is run by manager Michael Dalzell (who replaced Brian Murphy as airport manager at the end of 2006) - The airport address is Box 270, La Pointe, Wisconsin, 54850. The airport manager may be reached at 715-747-6913 or 715-747-2785.
• There is no control tower or fuel
• Onsite hangars and tie-downs available
• The airport averages 22 operations per day
• On average, the airport experiences 74% transient general aviation traffic daily.

The Madeline Island airport is located approximately two miles from the Town of La Pointe and the Madeline Island Ferry landing. Vacant land, homesites and even buildable lakeshore lots are available close to the airport. For information, contact Madeline Island Realty at 715-747-6500 or 612-670-2539.

Nearby airports include Ashland, Wisconsin (KASX), Iron County Airport in Gogebic (KIWD) and Union Airport in Cable, Wisconsin (3CU).

There is limited shuttle service between the airport and town, provided by The Inn on Madeline Island and other lodging providers. The Inn may be reached toll-free at 800-822-6315.