Bloyer Field
{{Short description|Airport in Monroe County, Wisconsin}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Bloyer Field
| image = Bloyer Field Tomah.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = U.S. 12 and I-90 running by
| FAA = Y72
| type = Public
| owner = City of Tomah
| operator =
| city-served = Tomah, Wisconsin
| location =
| timezone = CST
| utc = UTC−06:00
| summer = CDT
| utcs = UTC−05:00
| elevation-f = 966
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|43|58|34|N|90|28|50|W|region:US-WI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Wisconsin#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Wisconsin
| pushpin_label = Y72
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 7/25
| r1-length-f = 3,900
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year =
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2022)
| stat1-data = 3,575
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2024)
| stat2-data = 7
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=Y72|use=PU|own=PU|site=27631.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 11, 2024.
}}
Bloyer Field {{airport codes|||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 services.
History
First known as Tomah Army Airfield Technical School, it was activated on November 30, 1942 to conduct technical training for the United States Army Air Forces. 1000 Technical School Squadron (Special) provided technical training including radio interception techniques, radio maintenance and operations to personnel. It functioned as a sub-base of Radio school at Truax Army Airfield at Madison, itself part of Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command. The school was inactivated on April 1, 1944. The facility was transferred to Air Technical Service Command on April 30, 1944. It was 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 22, 2022, the airport had 3,575 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military and less than 1% air taxi.
In July 2024, there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 5 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 1 ultralight.
See also
{{Portal|Aviation}}
References
- {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. {{OCLC|57007862|1050653629}}
External links
{{US-airport-minor|Y72}}
{{USAAF Training Bases World War II}}
{{Aviation in Wisconsin}}
Category:Airports in Wisconsin
Category:Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Wisconsin
Category:1942 establishments in Wisconsin
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Wisconsin