Sawyer County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Hayward, Wisconsin. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility. It was formerly known as Hayward Municipal Airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Sawyer County Airport covers an area of 471 acres (191 ha) at an elevation of 1,216 feet (371 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 3/21 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface and with approved ILS and GPS approaches; 16/34 is 1,088 by 120 feet (332 x 37 m) with a turf surface.
Hayward (HYR) VOR/DME, 113.4 MHz, is located on the field.
For the 12-month period ending September 23, 2021, the airport had 11,600 aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day: 82% general aviation, 17% air taxi and 1% military. In October 2023, there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 25 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 2 jet and 2 helicopter.
L & L Aviation is the fixed-base operator.