Bloyer Field

Bloyer Field
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	43°58′34″N 090°28′50″W
Map
Y72 Location of airport in Wisconsin, United States Y72 Y72 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,900 1,189 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016) 7,150 Based aircraft (2018) 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

First known as Tomah Army Airfield Technical School, it was activated on November 30, 1942 to conduct technical training for United States Army Air Forces. . 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 7, 2016, the airport had 7,150 aircraft operations, an average of 20 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military and less than 1% air taxi. In November 2018, there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 5 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 ultralight.

See also

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

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from 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

• 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