Dane County Regional Airport

For the Air National Guard use of this facility, see Truax Field Air National Guard Base.

Dane County Regional Airport

Truax Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorDane County
ServesMadison, Wisconsin
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL887 ft / 270 m
Coordinates43°08′24″N 089°20′15″W / 43.14000°N 89.33750°W / 43.14000; -89.33750
Public transit accessBus interchange Metro Transit
Websitemsnairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
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 (12 months ending June 2024 except where noted)
Passenger volume2,167,000
Departing passengers1,085,000
Scheduled flights13,231
Cargo (lb.)24 mil
Aircraft operations (2022)76,218
Based aircraft (2024)163
Sources: airport website,[1] FAA,[2] BTS[3]

Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN), also known as Truax Field, is a civil-military airport located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) northeast of downtown Madison, Wisconsin.[2] In the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027, it is one of two airports in Wisconsin that is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility; the other is Appleton International Airport.[4] It is the second busiest of eight commercial airports in Wisconsin in terms of passengers served, after Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.[3]

  1. ^ Dane County Regional Airport Archived July 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, official website
  2. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for MSN PDF, effective August 8, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.