Dane County Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 43°08′23″N 089°20′15″W / 43.13972, -89.3375

Dane County Regional Airport
Truax Field

IATA: MSN – ICAO: KMSN – FAA: MSN
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Dane County
Serves Madison, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 887 ft / 270 m
Website www.MSNairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9,006 2,745 Concrete
3/21 7,200 2,195 Concrete
14/32 5,846 1,782 Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 115,818
Based aircraft 247
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2]

Dane County Regional Airport (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN), also known as Truax Field, is a commercial airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the center of Madison, a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] It has three runways and in 2006 it served over 1.6 million passengers.

Truax Field was named in honor of Wisconsin-native Lieutenant Thomas L. Truax, killed in a P-40 training accident in November 1941.

In 2006 the airport completed a $65 million expansion that doubled the size of the terminal, built in a Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced prairie style. New features include more restaurant and retail area post-security, an art court, and both business and family lounges. As has been the case in the past decade the airport has once again been adding additional parking since 2007.

The airport is home to both the Army National Guard and the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

The fixed base operator (FBO) is Wisconsin Aviation[3], which purchased the assets of the former FBO, Four Lakes Aviation, in 1994.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Dane County Regional Airport covers an area of 3,500 acres (1,416 ha) and has three runways:

  • 18/36: 9,006 x 150 ft. (2,745 x 46 m), surface: concrete
  • 3/21: 7,200 x 150 ft. (2,195 x 46 m), surface: concrete
  • 14/32: 5,846 x 150 ft. (1,782 x 46 m), surface: concrete.[2]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 115,818 aircraft operations, an average of 317 per day: 59% general aviation, 23% air taxi, 12% scheduled commercial and 7% military. There are 247 aircraft based at this airport: 55% single-engine, 24% multi-engine, 8% jet, 6% helicopter and 8% military.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Dane County Regional Airport, official web site
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for MSN (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  3. ^ Wisconsin Aviation, the airport's fixed base operator (FBO)

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