Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport

Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport (ICAO: KDLL, FAA LID: DLL) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Baraboo, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The airport is located between Baraboo and Lake Delton, Wisconsin, on US 12, and is adjacent to the Ho-Chunk Casino.

Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Baraboo, City of Wisconsin Dells, Town and Village of Lake Delton
OperatorCity of Baraboo
ServesBaraboo, Wisconsin Dells, Lake Delton
Elevation AMSL979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates43°31′19″N 089°46′15″W
Map
DLL is located in Wisconsin
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Location of airport in Wisconsin
DLL is located in the United States
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DLL (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,010 1,527 m Asphalt
14/32 2,746 837 m Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)30,000
Based aircraft (2023)54

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DLL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned DLL to Dillon County Airport in Dillon, South Carolina[4]).

History

It was originally known as Berry's Dells Airport. It was built and owned by Clinton DeWitt Berry in 1928, the proprietor of Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel and Golf Course, now part of the Chula Vista Resort. The airport originally comprised 60 acres and was designated on government maps as beacon No. 19. It was also on the Milwaukee-Minneapolis route to the northern airways. Upon announcing the opening of the landing field on May 26, 1928, Berry said, "I look for large numbers of planes from Chicago, St. Louis and other cities to carry visitors to the Dells this summer". Clinton Berry was the uncle of Robert Irwin Berry, owner of Berry Electric Contracting Company in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Berry was the grandfather of Robert Forbis, who used the airfield many times in his Lancair Columbia 300 aircraft.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport covers an area of 312 acres (126 ha) at an elevation of 979 feet (298 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 1/19 is 5,010 by 100 feet (1,527 by 30 m) with an asphalt surface and is equipped with LOC/DME; 14/32 is 2,746 by 100 feet (837 by 30 m) with a turf surface and is closed from November 15 through April 15.[1]

Dells VORTAC is 1 mile north of the airfield.

Baraboo–Dells Flight Center, Inc., is the fixed-base operator.

For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2021, the airport had 30,000 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 89% general aviation, 8% military and 3% air taxi.

In October 2023, there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 44 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 6 jet and 1 glider.[1]

Cargo operations
AirlinesDestinations
Freight Runners Express Middleton, Milwaukee, Mineral Point, Rhinelander

In 2017, aircraft flight tracking showed Freight Runners Express flying their Beechcraft Model 99 aircraft type for Wisconsin Dells cargo operations.

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for DLL PDF, effective October 5, 2023.
  2. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  3. Great Circle Mapper: KDLL – Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Airport – Baraboo, Wisconsin
  4. Great Circle Mapper: DLL / KDLC – Dillon County Airport – Dillon, South Carolina
  5. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper May 26, 1928


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