# Capitol Airport

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**Capitol Airport** is a public use [airport](/source/Airport) located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the [central business district](/source/Central_business_district) of [Brookfield](/source/Brookfield,_Wisconsin), a city in [Waukesha County](/source/Waukesha_County,_Wisconsin), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), [United States](/source/United_States). It is privately owned by Wisconsin Aviation Investments, LLC.[1] The airport is also known as, or was formerly known as, Capitol Drive Airport.

It is included in the [Federal Aviation Administration](/source/Federal_Aviation_Administration) (FAA) [National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems](/source/National_Plan_of_Integrated_Airport_Systems) for 2025–2029, in which it is [categorized](/source/FAA_airport_categories) as a regional reliever airport facility.[2]

## Facilities and aircraft

Capitol Airport covers an area of 207 acres (84 ha) at an [elevation](/source/Elevation) of 844 feet (257 m) above [mean sea level](/source/Mean_sea_level). It has one [asphalt](/source/Asphalt_concrete) paved [runway](/source/Runway) designated 3/21 which measures 2,994 x 45 ft. (913 x 13 m), plus two [turf](/source/Grass) runways: 9/27 measuring 3,387 x 100 ft. (1,033 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 1,602 x 80 ft. (488 x 24 m).[1]

The facility has no published instrument procedures and no instrument navigational aids.

For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2022, the airport had 13,010 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% [general aviation](/source/General_aviation) and less than 1% [military](/source/Military_aviation). In August 2024, there were 116 aircraft based at this airport: 107 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 jet and 6 [helicopter](/source/Helicopter).[1]

Brookfield Aero, LLC, is the [fixed-base operator](/source/Fixed-base_operator).

## Incidents

- Two people were killed on November 21, 1992, when their Piper PA-28-140 crashed while attempting to land in low visibility.[3]
- A groundskeeper was seriously injured when he was struck by the propeller of a [Cessna 120](/source/Cessna_120) taxiing prior to takeoff on September 6, 2002.[4][5]
- One person was killed and two people were injured on January 4, 2017, when their plane crashed during takeoff.[6]

## See also

- [List of airports in Wisconsin](/source/List_of_airports_in_Wisconsin)

## References

1. , effective August 8, 2024.

1. ["NPIAS Report 2025-2029 Appendix A"](https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/airports/planning_capacity/npias/current/ARP-NPIAS-2025-2029-Appendix-A.pdf). *[Federal Aviation Administration](/source/Federal_Aviation_Administration)*. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

1. NTSB. [Probable cause case CHI93FA038](https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X16008&key=1).

1. NTSB. [Probable Cause case CHI02CA279](https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020925X05215&key=1).

1. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel](/source/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel). [Pilot faulted for Capitol Drive Airport accident](http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=191418)[dead link]. December 10, 2003.

1. ["Pilot from Virginia dies following plane crash at Capitol Airport in Brookfield"](https://fox6now.com/2017/01/05/update-pilot-dies-following-plane-crash-in-brookfield/). *FOX6Now.com*. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.

## External links

- [http://www.capitoldriveairport.com/](http://www.capitoldriveairport.com/)
- ["Capitol Airport (02C)"](https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/air/airport-info/arpts/brookfield.pdf) from the [Wisconsin DOT](/source/Wisconsin_DOT) Airport Directory

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