Dane County Regional Truax Field Guide
Dane County Regional Airport, also called Truax Field, sits about 11 km northeast of downtown Madison. It opened in September 1937. The current terminal opened in December 1966, and the first scheduled jets, Northwest Orient 727s, arrived in 1965. Dane County owns and operates the airport.
Three concrete runways serve it: 18/36 at 9,006 feet, 3/21 at 7,200 feet and 14/32 at 5,846 feet. A South Terminal expansion that opened in June 2023 brought the terminal to 16 gates on one concourse.
In 2025 the airport handled nearly 2.5 million passengers, an all-time record and about 6% above 2024. Breeze Airways began service, and seasonal nonstops to Phoenix and Fort Myers operate in the winter season. The most recent operations figure available is 76,218 aircraft movements in 2022.
The airfield is shared with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, which flies the F-35 Lightning II, and with an Army National Guard aviation battalion flying UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The FAA classes MSN as a small-hub primary commercial service airport. The county announced in February 2025 that it would apply for international airport status.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 2.5M passengers (2025)3 runwaysopened 1937
- Location
- 43.140, -89.338
- Operator
- Dane County
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalDane County Regional Truax Field has 1 passenger terminal — Main Terminal, handling both international and domestic flights for around 6 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Main TerminalMixed
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Breeze Airways
Nearby cities
4 citiesDane County Regional Truax Field is closest to Madison (11 km southwest), and also serves Sun Prairie, Waunakee and other nearby areas. With 4 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Madison11 km southwest
- Middleton18 km west
- Sun Prairie14 km east
- Waunakee16 km northwest
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