The Dane County Regional Airport is back open after a small plane fire Saturday afternoon.
The airport announced the reopening around 4:15 p.m., after crews were able to clear a runway after a small fire started in a private plane.
Just after 2:00 p.m., a private Cessna Citation aircraft had a catastrophic failure during takeoff and had to abort. The fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters at the airport, but crews had to inspect the runway and move the damaged aircraft.
"Due to the complexity of the equipment failure extra time was required to move the aircraft safely and prevent runway damage," airport officials said in a tweet.