Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport
IATA: CMY ICAO: KCMY FAA LID: CMY
Summary
Airport type	Public/military
Owner	U.S. Army
Location	Sparta, Wisconsin
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	839 ft / 256 m
Coordinates	43°57′31″N 090°44′16″W / 43.95861°N 90.73778°W / 43.95861; -90.73778
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,697 1,432 Asphalt 1/19 3,032 924 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 100 30 Asphalt H2 100 30 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022) 6,000 Based aircraft (2024) 23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport (IATA: CMY, ICAO: KCMY, FAA LID: CMY) is a public and military use airport located in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States, three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Sparta.^[1] The airport is used heavily by the U.S. Army, accounting for 75% of traffic operations, primarily transient military aircraft supporting operations at nearby Fort McCoy, which is a major training facility. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport covers an area of 640 acres (259 ha) at an elevation of 839 feet (256 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: the primary runway 11/29 is 4,697 by 100 feet (1,432 x 30 m) and the crosswind runway 1/19 is 3,032 by 95 feet (924 x 29 m).^[1] The airport also has two asphalt helipads, on Runway 11/29 and taxiway Charlie, both measuring 100 by 100 feet (30 x 30 m), respectively.

For the 12-month period ending June 22, 2022, the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 50% military and 50% general aviation. In March 2024, there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 22 single-engine and 1 helicopter.^[1]