General aviation field
Watertown Municipal Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 4,429 ft
- Field elevation
- 833 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 8 of 24
- Coordinates
- 43.17, -88.72
Watertown Municipal Airport's 4,429 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 63 jet-capable fields in Wisconsin, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 8 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 16. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Chicago, 84 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 84 mi42 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 498 mi1 h 54 mfrom $3,545one way, all‑in indicative
- 655 mi2 h 21 mfrom $4,658one way, all‑in indicative
- 769 mi2 h 41 mfrom $5,469one way, all‑in indicative
- 839 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,968one way, all‑in indicative
- 852 mi2 h 55 mfrom $6,058one way, all‑in indicative
- 871 mi2 h 58 mfrom $6,197one way, all‑in indicative
- 884 mi3 h 01 mfrom $6,287one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,716 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,382 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,495 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,259 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,791 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,290 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,669 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,649 ft here
Ruled out by runway length: Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, Embraer Praetor 600, Gulfstream G280, Bombardier Challenger 300, Cessna Citation Longitude, Bombardier Challenger 350 and 10 more — the shortest of these needs about 4,792 ft here.
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.