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WS96 ·

Hughes Airport

42.62080°N

-89.76730°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KMSN, 42 mi away (WS96 does not publish METAR)

30m ago

Temp

65°F

Wind

3 kts

340°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KMSN 170253Z 34003KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01830156 53009 $

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

75% of ops

40 land · 2 TO

25% of ops

13 land · 2 TO

Runway 36 carries 75% of operations (40 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

36 40 landings

UA 8%

18 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 40 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

1.3

flights/day · 39 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 6pm · 9pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.1 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 32 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAU
Elevation:: 1,010 ft

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