Bloyer Field

Bloyer Field
250px USGS 1999 orthophoto
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: Y72
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Tomah
Serves	Tomah, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	966 ft / 294 m
Coordinates
Map
Y72 Location of airport in Wisconsin
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,900 1,189 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 7,150 Based aircraft 7
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Bloyer Field (FAA LID: Y72) is a city owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Tomah, a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. It provides general aviation service.

History

Activated November 30, 1942. Conducted technical training for United States Army Air Forces. Known as Tomah Army Airfield Technical School. 1000 Technical School Squadron (Special) provided technical training included radio interception techniques; radio maintenance and operations to personnel. Functioned as a sub-base of Radio school at Truax Army Airfield at Madison, itself part of Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command. School inactivated on April 1, 1944. Facility transferred to Air Technical Service Command on April 30, 1944. Transferred as inactive to the US Army Corps of Engineers on April 1, 1946 for disposition.

The airfield was turned over to civil control though the War Assets Administration (WAA).

Facilities and aircraft

Bloyer Field covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 966 feet (294 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,900 by 75 feet (1,189 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 16, 2010, the airport had 7,150 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 14% ultralight.

See also

• Wisconsin World War II Army Airfields
• List of airports in Wisconsin

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
• Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC

External links

• Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for Y72
  • AirNav airport information for Y72
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for Y72