Truax Field Air National Guard Base

43°08′23″N 089°20′15″W / 43.13972°N 89.33750°W / 43.13972; -89.33750

Truax Field Air National Guard Base
Madison, Wisconsin in the United States
F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard in a hangar at Truax Field ANGB.
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Coordinates	43°08′23″N 089°20′15″W / 43.13972°N 89.33750°W / 43.13972; -89.33750 (Truax Field)
Type	Air National Guard Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force (USAF)
Controlled by	Wisconsin Air National Guard (ANG)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.115fw.ang.af.mil
Site history
Built	1942 (1942) (as Madison Army Airfield)
In use	1942 – present 1946 (1946)
Garrison information
Garrison	115th Fighter Wing (host)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN, WMO: 726410
Elevation	270.3 meters (887 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 18/36 2,745 meters (9,006 ft) Concrete 3/21 2,194.5 meters (7,200 ft) Concrete 14/32 1,781.8 meters (5,846 ft) Concrete
Airfield shared with Dane County Regional Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Truax Field Air National Guard Base (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN), also known as Truax Field, is a military facility located at Dane County Regional Airport. It is located five miles (8 km) northeast of the center of Madison, a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

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

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