SoftWing Flight Park finds a home at Winfield Airport
SoftWing Flight, LLC is now the proud owner of Winfield Airport in Bristol, Wisconsin. The airport was created by the Winfield family and was primarily used in the past for a sky diving school. What had been fondly known as the "pig farm" became Winfield Airport.Although the sky diving school is no longer there, the predominantly ultralight focused private airport continues to support the ultralight and small plane community.
SoftWing Flight, LLC will continue to maintain Winfield and SoftWing Flight Park as a private airport and will be offering several types of services in the near future to the aviation enthusiast.
Some services that will be provided are:
- Daily/Monthly/Yearly Flight Privileges
- Powered Parachute Storage
- Hangar Rentals
- Tie Down Rentals
Winfield Airport is situated on 69 acres adjacent to Winfield Road (Hwy Q). The airport consists of four grass runways:
- South/North....................18/36 = 2200 x 170 ft
- Southeast/Northwest......11/29 = 1350 x 120 ft,
- Northeast/Southweat.......5/23 = 1200 x 100 ft
- East/West........................9/27 = 900 x 250 ft
Surface: Turf in good condition
AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL STATISTICS
Facility Use: Private Use Aircraft based adjacent to field: 6
Control Tower: No Fixed Wing Ultralights: 10
Attendance: Unattended Powered Parachutes: 12
Pattern Altitude: 800 ft AGL / fixed Wing
300 ft AGL / PPC
Wind Indicators: Windsocks & Windflag FIXED BASE OPERATOR
Lights: No Patricia Sharpe-Gregg
Airport Comm: 122.9 CTAF/Unicom 847-910-7150