Dane County Regional Airport Truax Field |
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IATA: MSN – ICAO: KMSN – FAA LID: MSN
MSN
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Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Owner | Dane County | ||
Serves | Madison, Wisconsin | ||
Location | Madison, Wisconsin | ||
Elevation AMSL | 887 ft / 270 m | ||
Website | |||
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 (2006) | |||
Aircraft operations | 115,613 | ||
Based aircraft | 257 | ||
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2] |
Dane County Regional Airport (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN), formerly known as Truax Field, is a joint civil-military commercial airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the central business district of Madison, a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] It has three runways and in 2010 it served over 1.5 million passengers. MSN serves American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, and United Airlines, with Delta Air Lines being the largest carrier with the most direct flights. These airlines offer non-stop service to thirteen (13) major hubs throughout the country - with over 100 departures and arrivals daily, and to additional destinations such as Washington DC and New York City.
Truax Field was named in honor of Wisconsin-native Lieutenant Thomas L. Truax, killed, along with his wingman, Lt. Speckman, in a P-40 training accident during poor weather in San Anselmo, CA on November 2, 1941, just before war was declared.
The airport is home to both the Wisconsin Army National Guard and the Wisconsin Air National Guard.
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Originally known as Madison Army Airfield, Truax Field was activated as an Army Air Forces airfield in June 1942 during World War II. During the war it was used by the Army Air Force Eastern Technical Training Center, a major school operating at Truax AAF for training radio operators and mechanics, and later expanded to training in radar operations, control tower operations and other communications fields for the Army Airways Communication Service. A special unit established in 1943 trained radio operators and mechanics on B-29 Superfortress communications equipment. The host unit on the airfield was the 334th (later 3508th) Army Air Force Base Unit. On September 17, 1945, the airfield's mission was changed to that of a separation center, and it was closed as an active AAF airfield on November 30, 1945.
Conveyed to local civilian authorities, the Madison Municipal Airport also became the home of the Wisconsin Air National Guard and its present day 115th Fighter Wing (115 FW), an Air National Guard fighter wing operationally-gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC) and which still operates from the base, flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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.
Dane County Regional Airport covers an area of 4,000 acres at an elevation of 887 feet (270 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways with concrete surfaces: 3/21 is 7,200 by 150 feet (2,195 x 46 m); 14/32 is 5,846 by 150 feet (1,782 x 46 m); 18/36 is 9,006 by 150 feet (2,745 x 46 m).[2]
The fixed base operator (FBO) is Wisconsin Aviation,[3] which purchased the assets of the former FBO, Four Lakes Aviation, in 1994.
More recent data shows the following operations annually for the last five years[4]:
2005: 117,522
2006: 115,960
2007: 121,984
2008: 110,589
2009: 96,765
2010: 96,205
Airlines | Destinations |
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American Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare |
American Eagle | Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Ft. Worth |
Delta Air Lines | Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Atlanta, Detroit |
Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
Delta Connection operated by Comair | Detroit, New York-LaGuardia, Washington-National [ends Febuary 5] |
Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines | Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines | Detroit |
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul |
Frontier Airlines | Denver, Washington-National [begins January 5] |
Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines | Seasonal: Orlando |
United Express operated by CommutAir | Cleveland |
United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Denver, Newark |
United Express operated by GoJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver |
United Express operated by Mesa Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare |
United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver |
Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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1 | Chicago (O'Hare), Illinois | 173,000 | American, United |
2 | Detroit, Michigan | 145,000 | Delta |
3 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | 138,000 | Delta |
4 | Denver, Colorado | 83,000 | Frontier, United |
5 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 45,000 | Frontier |
6 | Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas | 41,000 | American |
7 | Atlanta, Georgia | 19,000 | Delta |
8 | Cleveland, Ohio | 18,000 | United |
9 | Memphis, Tennessee | 17,000 | Delta |
10 | New York (LaGuardia), New York | 15,000 | Delta |
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