Milwaukee County, WI Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- GMIA and Timmerman Field only
- Rule
- Loitering or loafing prohibited
- Enforcement
- Ejection by airport director
- Countywide loitering law
- None: municipal matter
Summary
Milwaukee County bans loitering or loafing at its airports, and anyone caught doing it can be ejected from the property on the spot.
Loitering or loafing on the said airports is prohibited and persons engaging in such practices shall be subject to ejection from the airport property.
(e) Hunting in any form or the discharge of firearms on airport property is prohibited.
(f) No person shall conduct gambling in any form or operate gambling devices of any nature within the confines of the county's airports.
(g) No person shall dispose of garbage, papers, refuse or other form of trash on the premises of airports except in receptacles provided for such purpose, nor use a comfort station other than in a clean and sanitary manner.
(h) No person shall operate or release any model aircraft, rocket, kite, balloon, or parachute or other similar contrivance at or upon the county's airports without the prior approval of the airport director. Such prohibition shall not extend to the airport weather station when such activity is a regular operational function on its part.
(i) No person shall enter the terminal building or field area of any airport with a dog or other animal. Seeing eye or service dogs may be permitted in the terminal building if such entry is for an appropriate purpose and if the Seeing eye or service dog is properly leashed. Dogs or other animals that are to be transported by air may be allowed in the terminal building if they are properly confined before they are brought into the terminal building. Persons who bring dogs or other animals into the terminal building
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 112).
Full Breakdown
Milwaukee County Code Sec. 4.02(6) governs public conduct at the county's airports, General Mitchell International and Timmerman Field. Subsection (6)(d) flatly prohibits loitering or loafing anywhere on airport grounds, with ejection from the property as the immediate consequence for anyone the airport director catches doing it. This rule is scoped to county-owned airport property only. Milwaukee County has no general countywide loitering ordinance, since loitering on streets, sidewalks and parks is regulated by each of the county's nineteen municipalities, not by the county itself.
Violations & Fines
Ejection from airport property, ordered by the airport director; readmission can be barred under the same subsection's authority over disorderly conduct on airport grounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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