Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport

Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport (FAA LID: 3D2) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Ephraim, a village in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] The airport is owned by the Village of Ephraim and the Town of Gibraltar.^[1] It was formerly known as Ephraim-Fish Creek Airport.^[2]

Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 3D2
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Village of Ephraim and Town of Gibraltar
Location	Ephraim, Wisconsin
Opened	October 1947 (1947-10)
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	763 ft / 233 m
Coordinates	45°08′09″N 087°11′17″W
Website	FriendsOfEphraimGibraltarAirport
Map
3D2 Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin 3D2 3D2 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 2,697 822 Asphalt 1/19 2,324 708 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2023) 9,300 Based aircraft (2024) 22
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 local general aviation facility.^[3]

History

The first runway at the airport was graded in 1945.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport covers an area of 239 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 763 feet (233 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 2,697 by 60 feet (822 x 18 m) with an asphalt surface and 1/19 is 2,324 by 100 feet (708 x 30 m) with a turf surface.^[1]

Runway 1/19 slopes to the south such that one end of the runway can not be seen from the other. The airport provides 100LL aircraft fuel.^[5]

For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2023, the airport had 9,300 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day, with 59% transient general aviation, 38% local general aviation and 3% air taxi. In August 2024, there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 2 helicopter.^[1]

Climate

Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     63     −6 −9     52     −8 −18     49     1 −6     97     9 −1     86     14 4     91     19 9     105     19 14     96     22 17     96     18 13     107     10 5     80     5 2     57     2 −4 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [6]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.5     21 16     2     18 0     1.9     34 21     3.8     48 30     3.4     57 39     3.6     66 48     4.1     66 57     3.8     72 63     3.8     64 55     4.2     50 41     3.1     41 36     2.2     36 25 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of airports in Wisconsin