Blackhawk Airfield | |
Faa: | 87Y |
Type: | Public use |
Owner: | Blackhawk Airfield Inc. |
City-Served: | Madison, Wisconsin |
Location: | Cottage Grove, Wisconsin |
Timezone: | CST |
Summer: | CDT |
Elevation-F: | 920 |
Coordinates: | 43.1047°N -89.1853°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Wisconsin |
Pushpin Label: | 87Y |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
R1-Number: | 4/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,814 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 9/27 |
R2-Length-F: | 2,203 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 2,000 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2024) |
Stat2-Data: | 34 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Blackhawk Airfield is a privately owned public use airport in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) east of the central business district of Madison, near the village of Cottage Grove.[2] This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility, but is not listed in the 2021–2025 NPIAS.[3] [4]
Blackhawk Airfield covers an area of 27 acres (11 ha) at an elevation of 920 feet (280 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: the primary runway 4/22 is 2,814 by 57 feet (858 x 17 m) and the crosswind runway 9/27 is 2,203 by 56 feet (671 x 17 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 22, 2022, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 operations per week: 50% transient general aviation and 50% local general aviation. In July 2024, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: all 34 single-engine.