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Austin Straubel International Airport (KGRB) is a county-owned, Class C international airport serving Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the village of Ashwaubenon, about seven nautical miles southwest of downtown Green Bay. It combines scheduled airline service with a substantial general aviation presence, offering two long, lit hard-surfaced runways and full ILS approaches, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for visiting VFR and IFR pilots alike.
Austin Straubel International Airport, known by its ICAO code KGRB, is a county-owned public-use airport serving the Green Bay metropolitan area of northeastern Wisconsin. It is operated by the Brown County Airport Department and handles a mix of scheduled airline traffic and general aviation, with general aviation accounting for the majority of movements. For a simulator pilot, the field offers two substantial hard-surfaced runways, ILS approaches, and full air traffic control services, making it an accessible and interesting airport to fly into under both VFR and IFR.
Austin Straubel lies within Class C airspace, reflecting its status as a facility with scheduled airline operations, customs handling and landing rights. The airport sits in the village of Ashwaubenon, in Brown County, Wisconsin, about seven nautical miles southwest of downtown Green Bay. Pilots approaching the field should expect to establish two-way radio contact with Green Bay Approach before entering the surrounding Class C airspace.
The airport has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 18/36 is the longer of the pair, with the 36 threshold measuring 8,696 feet and the 18 threshold 8,197 feet; it is equipped with an ILS on the Runway 36 approach. Runway 06/24 measures 7,685 feet from the 06 threshold and 7,684 feet from the 24 threshold, and also carries an ILS on the Runway 06 approach.
Green Bay Approach and Departure control arriving and departing traffic on 119.4 MHz and 126.55 MHz respectively. The tower, which also serves as the common traffic advisory frequency, operates on 118.7 MHz. Ground movements are handled on 121.9 MHz, and clearance delivery is available on 121.75 MHz. The ATIS broadcasts on 124.1 MHz, a discrete radio frequency is listed at 122.2 MHz, and Unicom is available on 122.95 MHz for those operating outside controlled hours or for general advisory calls.
As a Class C, tower-controlled airport, arriving aircraft should establish two-way communication with Green Bay Approach before entering the airport's airspace, then follow tower instructions for sequencing onto one of the two runways. No specific noise abatement procedures or locally published circuit heights are detailed in the available material, so pilots should follow standard tower instructions and current airport diagrams for the active runway configuration.
The airport takes its name from Lieutenant Colonel Austin Straubel, the first aviator from Brown County to die in service, killed on February 3, 1942, after thirteen years with the United States Army Air Corps. It opened in December 1948 and has been owned and operated by the Brown County Airport Department ever since. The airport's name was formally changed to Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport on August 17, 2016. The field sits partly on land that also encompasses portions of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin's reservation.
Austin Straubel today combines scheduled airline service, with connections to hubs such as Chicago-O'Hare, Atlanta, Detroit and Minneapolis-St Paul, with a busy general aviation operation that made up the majority of the roughly 47,000 annual aircraft movements recorded in 2023. As of 2024 the airport was home to 101 based aircraft, comprising single and multi-engine piston types, jets, helicopters and an ultra-light. Two fixed-base operators, Executive Air and Jet Air, provide full service during operating hours, including fuel and other general aviation support.
