Where is CWA airport?

CWA is a medium-sized airport in Mosinee, Wisconsin, United States, at 44.7774, -89.6702, 389 m above sea level. It serves Wausau.

What time zone is CWA in?

CWA is in the America/Chicago time zone, UTC−6 / UTC−5 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use CWA?

176,637 passengers in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (scheduled flights).

Central Wisconsin Airport opened in 1969.

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Medium-sized airport in Wausau, United States.

IATA code: CWA
ICAO code: KCWA
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 176,637; Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes: 9; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−6 / UTC−5; America/Chicago
Elevation: 389 m; 1,276 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,354 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with C

About CWA

Central Wisconsin Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Wausau, United States. It opened in 1969. 176,637 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 9 nonstop routes from CWA.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from CWA

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CWA → ORD	Chicago, United States	342 km	89,813
CWA → MSP	Saint Paul, United States	281 km	86,432
CWA → ATW	Appleton, United States	108 km	98
CWA → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	1,464 km	67
CWA → GRB	Green Bay, United States	126 km	66
CWA → YUL	Montreal, Canada	1,253 km	63
CWA → MSN	Madison, United States	184 km	60
CWA → CLE	Cleveland, United States	738 km	34
CWA → RHI	Rhinelander, United States	96 km	4

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at CWA

MQ Envoy Air · 1,923 flights
9E Endeavor Air · 1,440 flights
OO SkyWest Airlines · 17 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time: 82.3%; Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled: 4%
Departures counted: 1,004; US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
RHI	Rhinelander Oneida County Airport	Rhinelander, United States	96 km
ATW	Appleton International Airport	Appleton, United States	108 km
GRB	Austin Straubel International Airport	Green Bay, United States	126 km
EAU	Chippewa Valley Regional Airport	Eau Claire, United States	143 km

Distance from CWA to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
CWA → LHR	London, United Kingdom	6,261 km	—
CWA → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,479 km	—
CWA → CDG	Paris, France	6,590 km	—
CWA → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	6,877 km	—
CWA → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	8,676 km	—
CWA → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	6,514 km	—
CWA → JFK	New York, United States	1,378 km	—
CWA → ATL	Atlanta, United States	1,316 km	—
CWA → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	2,734 km	—
CWA → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	14,720 km	—
CWA → HND	Tokyo, Japan	9,813 km	—
CWA → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,312 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
08/26	2,354 m	46 m	Concrete	Yes
17/35	1,982 m	46 m	Concrete	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Mosinee, Wisconsin, United States · 44.7774, -89.6702

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Questions

Central Wisconsin Airport has the IATA code CWA and the ICAO code KCWA. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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