Watertown Municipal Airport (Wisconsin)

Watertown Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Watertown
ServesWatertown, Wisconsin
OpenedDecember 1945 (1945-12)
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
  Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL833 ft / 254 m
Coordinates43°10′11″N 088°43′24″W / 43.16972°N 88.72333°W / 43.16972; -88.72333
Map
RYV
Location of airport in Wisconsin
RYV
RYV (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,429 1,350 Asphalt
11/29 2,801 854 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)58,000
Based aircraft (2024)60

Watertown Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRYV, FAA LID: RYV) is a public use airport located in and owned by the city of Watertown, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2025–2029, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RYV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Watertown Municipal Airport was the site of the first Transponder Landing System in the United States.