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WS96 ·

Hughes Airport

42.62080°N

-89.76730°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Hughes Airport (WS96) is a small general aviation airport located in Monroe, WI, 36 mi south west of Madison. It features 1 runway measuring 1,600 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KPVB, 35 mi away (WS96 does not publish METAR)

18m ago

Temp

90°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPVB 261855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT021 BKN026 BKN031 32/25 A2990 RMK AO1 T03230252

Runways

1 installed

1,600 FT MAX

18/36

1,600 ft × 75

TURF○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

63% of ops

29 land · 0 TO

37% of ops

17 land · 0 TO

Runway 36 carries 63% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 29 landings

UA 10%

18 17 landings

UA 24%

Approaches to 36 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 29 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.0

flights/day · 31 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 7pm

Day vs night

61%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.2 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (23% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 1,010 ft

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