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Dane County Regional Truax Field

43.13990°N
-89.33750°W
ARR / DAY
101
▼ 19.4%
DEP / DAY
99
▼ 21.1%
ON-TIME
68.4% Top 25%
arr · avg 8 min
dep · 100% · avg -7 min cal
AVG DELAY
8 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 101 arrivals and 99 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 32 carriers across 65 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 68% with an average delay of 8 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 · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

45m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMSN 040453Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM OVC100 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02500233

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
10m 5a 19m 6a 16m 7a 10m 8a 12m 9a 18m 10a 12m 11a 20m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 650
Republic Airlines 17% SKY West Aviation 14% American Airlines 14% United Airlines 14% PSA Airlines 10% Delta AIR Lines 8% Endeavor AIR 8% Gojet Airlines 8% CSA AIR 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 158
MSP 56
DTW 51
DEN 50
DCA 44
DFW 34

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Republic Airlines
108
SKY West Aviation
94
American Airlines
94
United Airlines
88
PSA Airlines
64
Delta AIR Lines
55
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Endeavor AIR
52
Gojet Airlines
49
CSA AIR
46
Netjets Aviation
46
Envoy AIR
37
Breeze Airways
15
AIR Cargo Carriers
10
Federal Express
10
Northern JET Management
6
LGM Enterprises
6
NXT JET
4
Frontier Airlines
4
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4
Aviation Advisor
4
SCJ
4
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
3
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
3
Freight Runners Express
3
Alaska Airlines
3
Airnet II
2
ATP Flight School
2
Florida AIR Cargo (OPA Locka
2
Western Michigan University College of Aviation
2
Foreflight
2
Summit Aviation
2
NON
2
United States Department of Transportation
2
Nicholas Services
2
Holman Leasing Systems
2
Department of the Army
2
Gouvernement du Quebec
2
HL Aircraft
2
JET OUT
2
Sunset Aviation
2

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
 United Airlines 51 0h 40m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Gojet Airlines 49 0h 35m
MSNMSP
Minneapolis, US
 SKY West Aviation 37 0h 48m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Envoy AIR 36 0h 34m
MSNDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 34 2h 7m
MSNATL
Atlanta, US
 Delta AIR Lines 31 1h 46m
MSNPHL
Philadelphia, US
 PSA Airlines 31 1h 49m
MSNCLT
Charlotte, US
 American Airlines 28 1h 45m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 26 2h 0m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 PSA Airlines 25 1h 47m
MSNDTW
Detroit, US
 Endeavor AIR 25 1h 0m
MSNBOS
Boston, US
 Republic Airlines 24 2h 20m
MSNEWR
Newark, US
 Republic Airlines 21 2h 10m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 2h 10m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 Republic Airlines 19 1h 53m
MSNLGA
New York, US
 Republic Airlines 17 2h 13m
MSNRHI
Rhinelander, US
 CSA AIR 16 1h 15m
MSNDTW
Detroit, US
 SKY West Aviation 16 0h 57m
MSNPHX
Phoenix, US
 American Airlines 15 3h 29m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 14 0h 42m
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