Navigation The West Bend Airport can be found on the
Chicago sectional chart on the north side. The airport has a very high frequency omnidirectional range beacon (
VOR) on field. The West Bend VOR (BJB -... .--- -...) has a frequency of 109.8
MHz. There are also two non-directional beacons (
NDB) to the west: JUNEAU (UNU ..- -. ..-) 344
kHz, and ROCK RIVER (RYV .-. -.-- ...-) 371 kHz.
Communication West Bend Municipal Airport has a
UNICOM frequency of 122.8 MHz, staffed by West Bend Air Inc. This frequency is also the common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF). An
AWOS is available on 120.0 MHz, which provides wind, visibility, sky conditions, and the
altimeter. The weather for this airport can also be found in the form of a
METAR on various online aviation weather sites. The controlling agency is
Chicago Center, but services are also available from
Milwaukee approach or Milwaukee departure on 125.35 MHz.
IFR flights can also contact
clearance delivery on 124.75 MHz.
Airspace Immediately overlying the airport is Class G
airspace. A ring approx. 14 miles in diameter, centered on the field, of Class E airspace begins at 700 feet
above ground level (AGL) and meets Class A airspace at, but not including, 18,000 feet
MSL. The outer ring of Milwaukee's Class C airspace begins approx. 17 miles south-southeast of the field, with
Waukesha County Airport and
Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport's Class D airspace beginning 18 miles south-southwest and 14 miles south (respectively) of the field. The nearest special use airspace is Restricted Airspace R-6903, which is superimposed over the Minnow MOA (
Military Operations Area), approximately 20 miles east and northeast of the field, over
Lake Michigan. == See also ==