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16WI
(formerly 30W) 		Sweetwater Bay Seaplane Base
Oconto, Wisconsin, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: 16WI
Lat/Long: 44-57-06.9590N 087-48-30.3720W
44-57.115983N 087-48.506200W
44.9519331,-87.8084367
(estimated)
Elevation: 579 ft. / 176 m (estimated)
Variation: 02W (1990)
From city: 6 miles NE of OCONTO, WI
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 54153

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use, CFM STS WITH AMGR PRIOR TO ARR.
Activation date: 02/1992
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GREEN BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GRB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at OCQ (6 nm SW): 120.925 (920-835-1599)
WX AWOS-3PT at MNM (13 nm NE): 121.45 (906-863-8801)
WX AWOS-3PT at SUE (18 nm E): 128.325 (920-743-7087)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GRBr034/28.9GREEN BAY VORTAC115.5001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
TRIBE219/8.123903WTN - -.

Seaplane Base Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway ALL/WAY

Dimensions: 10000 x 250 ft. / 3048 x 76 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY ALL  RUNWAY WAY
Latitude: 44-55.470333N44-57.116000N
Longitude: 087-48.512167W087-48.506167W
Elevation: 579.0 ft.579.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: THOMAS A. HINRICHS
7890 HWY Y
OCONTO, WI 54153
Phone (920) 634-8201
Manager: THOMAS A. HINRICHS
7890 HWY Y
OCONTO, WI 54153
Phone (920) 634-8201

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 1
Single engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: 26/year *
77% local general aviation
23% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 14 September 2021

Additional Remarks

- APCH FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST OVER WESTERN SHORELINE; TREES UP TO 85 FT ALONG SHORELINE.
- FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 16WI.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KOCQ - Oconto/J Douglas Bake Municipal Airport (6 nm SW)
KMNM - Menominee Regional Airport (13 nm NE)
KSUE - Door County Cherryland Airport (18 nm E)
3D2 - Ephraim/Gibraltar Airport (29 nm NE)
KGRB - Green Bay/Austin Straubel International Airport (31 nm SW)
  
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From to 16WI

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Apr-2024
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3310:33
Sunrise06:0411:04
Sunset19:3800:38
Evening civil twilight20:0801:08

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Apr-2024 16:17:53
Local (UTC-5)  16-Apr-2024 11:17:53
 
METAR
KOCQ 
6nm SW 		161555Z AUTO 07011G16KT 040V110 10SM CLR 11/00 A3014 RMK AO1 T01051003
KMNM 
13nm NE 		161557Z AUTO 07014KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP241 T00890022 $
KSUE 
18nm E 		161556Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 11/01 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01060006
TAF
KGRB 
31nm SW 		161224Z 1612/1712 07010KT P6SM SCT150 FM161300 08011G17KT P6SM SCT180 FM162100 08018G25KT P6SM BKN080 FM162300 09019G28KT P6SM VCSH BKN060 FM170100 10021G33KT P6SM -SHRA OVC040 WS020/12050KT FM170300 11021G33KT P6SM -SHRA OVC013 WS020/12050KT FM170500 11021G33KT 6SM -SHRA OVC006 WS020/13055KT
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