Governor Doyle approves $115,000 project at Wausau Downtown Airport

June 4, 2009

Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $115,000 project to survey the airport for aircraft instrument approach procedures at the Wausau Downtown Airport.  The Governor’s action releases $92,000 in state funds to help complete the project and the city of Wausau is contributing $23,000.

According to Terry Ripp, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the survey will improve the minimums for the approaches and will improve the accuracy, integrity and availability for aircraft to land at the Wausau Downtown Airport.

The project is scheduled to begin in June 2009 and should be completed by September.

Along with the primary runway, facilities at the Wausau Downtown Airport include a 3,036-foot crosswind runway and a seaplane base on Lake Wausau/Wisconsin River.

For more information, contact:
Terry Ripp, WisDOT Airport Engineering Specialist
(608) 267-7108, terry.ripp@dot.wi.gov