Wittman Regional Airport (IATA: OSH, ICAO: KOSH, FAA LID: OSH) is a county owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Oshkosh, a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport was named after pioneer air racer and aircraft designer and builder Steve Wittman in 1972. Originally named Winnebago County Airport, it is also known as Wittman Field. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility, but has serviced aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380.
The airport has been served by commercial airlines in the past. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until March 2003, when it was terminated due to federal law not allowing a subsidy over $200 per passenger for communities located within 210 miles of the nearest large or medium hub airport (General Mitchell International Airport, a medium hub serving Milwaukee, Wisconsin). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Oshkosh had 2,606 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2001, 1,797 enplanments in 2002, and 548 in 2003.
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