KAUW is the ICAO code for Wausau Downtown Airport (IATA AUW), located in Wausau, WI.
Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) is a medium airport in Wausau, WI. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KAUW or IATA code AUW. It sits in North America.
Wausau Downtown Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 8,000-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 8,000 ft (2,438 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Wausau Downtown Airport lies at 1,201 ft elevation.
Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 142 departing and 166 arriving private-jet legs at KAUW across the next six months of operator inventory. 2 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KAUW are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.