Truax Field Air National Guard Base
43°08′23″N 089°20′15″W / 43.13972°N 89.33750°W
| Truax Field Air National Guard Base | |||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Air National Guard Base | ||||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force (USAF) | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | Wisconsin Air National Guard (ANG) | ||||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°08′23″N 089°20′15″W / 43.13972°N 89.33750°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1942 (as Madison Army Airfield) | ||||||||||
| In use | 1942 – present 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 | ||||||||||
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| Airfield shared with Dane County Regional Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
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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.