Fairmont Municipal Airport (Minnesota)
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Fairmont Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Fairmont | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Fairmont, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,162 ft / 354 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°38′38″N 094°24′56″W / 43.64389°N 94.41556°W | ||||||||||||||
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  FRM Location of airport in Minnesota/United States  FRM FRM (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
Fairmont Municipal Airport (IATA: FRM, ICAO: KFRM, FAA LID: FRM) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Fairmont, a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.[1]
The airport at this location was dedicated in 1951.[2]
Fairmont Municipal Airport covers an area of 229 acres (93 ha) at an elevation of 1,162 feet (354 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,505 by 100 feet (1,678 by 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 by 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2008, the airport had 9,400 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 91% general aviation, 7% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 3% jet and 3% ultralight.[1]
History
In 1959 North Central Airlines began scheduled service using Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The flight route was from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, Mankato, Fairmont, Worthington, and Sioux Falls, SD. Scheduled service by various commuter airlines continued until 1996.[2][3]