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Dane County Regional Truax Field

43.13990°N
-89.33750°W
ARR / DAY
87
▼ 5.5%
DEP / DAY
86
▼ 7.6%
ON-TIME
19.7% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 47 minest
AVG DELAY
47 min
7d window

Dane County Regional Truax Field (KMSN/MSN) is a large domestic airport located in Madison, WI. It features 3 runways with the longest being 9,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 87 arrivals and 86 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 27 carriers across 53 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Republic Airlines (RPA). The busiest route is to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). On-time performance averages 20% with an average delay of 47 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 4 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

27m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMSN 140353Z COR 00000KT 10SM BKN160 21/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 LAST T02110189

Runways

3 installed

9,005 FT MAX
03/21
7,200 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
14/32
5,846 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
9,005 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
24m 5a 25m 6a 19m 7a 7m 8a 3m 9a 16m 10a 9m 11a 8m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 576
Republic Airlines 19% SKY West Aviation 18% American Airlines 15% United Airlines 11% Delta AIR Lines 10% Endeavor AIR 8% PSA Airlines 7% CSA AIR 7% Envoy AIR 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 125
MSP 52
DEN 42
DTW 42
DFW 32
ATL 29

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Republic Airlines
109
SKY West Aviation
104
American Airlines
85
United Airlines
63
Delta AIR Lines
57
Endeavor AIR
45
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PSA Airlines
42
CSA AIR
39
Envoy AIR
32
Gojet Airlines
23
Netjets Aviation
18
Breeze Airways
12
EUR
10
AIR Cargo Carriers
8
Federal Express
7
MN Airlines
5
Northern JET Management
5
Frontier Airlines
5
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4
Talon AIR
4
Western Michigan University College of Aviation
3
Trident Aircraft
2
Foreflight
2
Executive JET Management
2
Trifly
2
SC Aviation
2
Sunset Aviation
2
LGM Enterprises
2
Summit Aviation
2
Aircraft Management Group
2
ATI JET
2
Airnet II
2
Pars Aviation Service
1
National AIR Cargo Group
1
Department of the Army
1
Kalitta Flying Service
1
Chongqing Forebase General Aviation
1
SCJ
1
ENJ
1
AIR Arabia for AIR Transport
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.300 —
TWR 119.300 0600-2300
TWR 257.800 0600-2300
GND 121.900 0600-2300
GND 348.600 0600-2300
ATIS 124.650 0600-2300
ATIS 278.300 0600-2300
APCH 120.100 0600-2300
APCH 135.450 0600-2300
APCH 343.700 0600-2300
APCH 350.300 0600-2300
DEP 318.100 0600-2300
UNICOM 122.950 —
ANG OPS 40.800 0600-2300
OTHER 40.800 0600-2300
LCL/P 119.300 0600-2300
CLASS C 120.100 0600-2300
EMERG 121.500 0600-2300
CD/P 121.625 0600-2300
OTHER 121.625 0600-2300
MADISON 122.600 —
OTHER 122.600 —
ANG OPS 123.400 0600-2300
OTHER 123.400 0600-2300
LONE ROC 133.300 —
OTHER 133.300 —
CLASS C 135.450 0600-2300
ANG OPS 138.175 0600-2300
OTHER 138.175 0600-2300
ANG OPS 238.200 0600-2300
OTHER 238.200 0600-2300
EMERG 243.000 0600-2300
LCL/P 257.800 0600-2300
LONE ROC 257.925 —
OTHER 257.925 —
ANG OPS 299.900 0600-2300
OTHER 299.900 0600-2300
CLASS C 343.700 0600-2300
CLASS C 350.300 0600-2300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A++

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KMSN · last 7d

29 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 5 PM · 1 movement every 225 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 36 0h 35m
MSNDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 32 2h 4m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 United Airlines 31 0h 37m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Envoy AIR 30 0h 34m
MSNATL
Atlanta, US
 Delta AIR Lines 29 2h 10m
MSNMSP
Minneapolis, US
 SKY West Aviation 28 0h 53m
MSNCLT
Charlotte, US
 American Airlines 24 1h 46m
MSNPHL
Philadelphia, US
 PSA Airlines 23 1h 53m
MSNBOS
Boston, US
 Republic Airlines 23 2h 19m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 22 2h 17m
MSNDTW
Detroit, US
 Endeavor AIR 20 0h 55m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Gojet Airlines 18 0h 36m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 17 2h 3m
MSNEWR
Newark, US
 Republic Airlines 17 2h 6m
MSNLGA
New York, US
 Republic Airlines 17 2h 3m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 Republic Airlines 16 1h 56m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 PSA Airlines 13 2h 1m
MSNRHI
Rhinelander, US
 CSA AIR 13 1h 0m
MSNMSP
Minneapolis, US
 Delta AIR Lines 13 0h 47m
MSNPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 11 3h 18m
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