Governor approves $315,790 project at J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto

July 10, 2009

Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $315,790 project to provide services at the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto.  The Governor’s action releases $7,895 in state funds to procure and install an aircraft fueling facility.  The city and county of Oconto together are contributing another $7,895, and the Federal Aviation Administration is providing $300,000.

According to Kim Kaarto, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will be designed this summer, bid in the fall, and installed in 2010.

Facilities at J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport include a 3,200-foot paved runway and the 1,845-foot turf airstrip.  There are some 12,370 aircraft take-offs and landings at the airport each year.

For more information, contact: 
Kim Kaarto, WisDOT Airport Engineering Specialist
(608) 266-3354, kim.kaarto@dot.wi.gov