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
MSN is located in Wisconsin
MSN
MSN
Location of airport in Wisconsin
MSN is located in the United States
MSN
MSN
MSN (the United States)
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 August 2024 except where noted)
Passenger volume2,198,000
Departing passengers1,102,000
Scheduled flights13,678
Cargo (lb.)25 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 2025–2029, 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,[5] after Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.[3]

Top 8 busiest airports in terms of passengers in Wisconsin 1. Milwaukee 2. Madison 3. Appleton 4. Green Bay 5. Mosinee 6. La Crosse 7. Eau Claire 8. Rhinelander

  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 2025-2029 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  5. ^ https://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=List_of_airports_in_Wisconsin