Air Service

The Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) in Madison is provides service to air cargo carriers, and maintains data on air cargo moved through the airport. There were over 23 million pounds of freight and mail moved through the airport in 2010, a 33% increase compared to 2009. The increase in 2010 was the result of FedEx adding additional flights out of Madison. The amount of air cargo shipped had dropped in 2008-2009 following the reduction from two to one cargo operator using the DCRA. Products that have high value (e.g., diagnostic and medical equipment), short life cycles (e.g., certain farm and food products), are time critical, or are relatively light weight are best shipped by air.