Bloyer Field is a city owned public use

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located one

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(2 km) east of the

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of Tomah, a city in

Monroe County, Wisconsin Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,274. Its county seat is Sparta. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0 ...

, United States. It provides

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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 The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

. 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 The War Assets Administration (WAA) was created to dispose of United States government-owned surplus material and property from World War II. The WAA was established in the Office for Emergency Management, effective March 25, 1946, by Executive Or ...

(WAA).

Facilities and aircraft

Bloyer Field covers an area of 160

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s (65 ha) at an

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of 966 feet (294 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 7/25 with an

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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%

, 1%

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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

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References

* * Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas * Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), ''Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy'', Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.

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{{Aviation in Wisconsin Airports in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Wisconsin 1942 establishments in Wisconsin Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Wisconsin Airports established in 1942

History

Facilities and aircraft

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