Blackhawk Airfield
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 87Y
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	Blackhawk Airfield Inc.
Serves	Madison, Wisconsin
Location	Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	920 ft / 280 m
Coordinates	43°06′17″N 089°11′07″W / 43.10472°N 89.18528°W / 43.10472; -89.18528
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 2,814 858 Asphalt 9/27 2,203 671 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022) 2,000 Based aircraft (2024) 34
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Blackhawk Airfield (FAA LID: 87Y) is a privately owned public use airport in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] It is located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) east of the central business district of Madison,^[1] 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]

Facilities and aircraft

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).^[1]

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 March 2024, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: all 34 single-engine.^[4]