Blackhawk Airfield
87Y · Madison, Wisconsin · Dane County · map
Blackhawk Airfield is a public-use airport owned by Blackhawk Airfield INC, 10 miles east of Madison, Wisconsin, 920 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 2,814 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 87Y
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Blackhawk Airfield INC
- Elevation
- 920 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1972
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,814 × 57 ft | Asphalt, poor | |
| 09/27 | 2,150 × 56 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 04: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 40 ft high 265 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 260 ft, trees 48 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 09: road 15 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 180 ft, road 16 ft high 317 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.1 | |
| Lone Rock Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
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Aircraft registered in Madison from the FAA register
178 aircraft are registered to owners in Madison, Wisconsin: 136 piston singles, 13 business jets, 8 turboprops, 6 drones, 5 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 09 avoid overflight of farm 3/4 MI east.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; runway lights 2 feet to 3 feet above runway and non-standard spacing. Runway 09/27 lighted 1970 feet.
- 35 feet tree 45 feet from threshold, 50 feet R.
- 40 feet trees 180 feet from threshold, 100 feet L.
- 45 feet trees 160 feet from threshold, 25L.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Approach ratio 10:1 to dthr. 48 feet trees 470 feet from dthr, 25 feet L.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Cracks with vegetation.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.