Isle Private Airport
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| Airport type | Private use | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | City of Isle | ||||||||||
| Serves | Isle, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Opened | July 1, 1956 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,271 ft / 387 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°09′34.837″N 093°27′40.851″W / 46.15967694°N 93.46134750°W | ||||||||||
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  MY72 Location of airport in Minnesota/United States  MY72 MY72 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Isle Private Airport (FAA LID: MY72) is a city-owned private-use airport located two miles north east of the central business district of Isle, a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It is notable that the airport is publicly owned but private-use only. The airport was previously known as Isle Municipal Airport. Isle is the only city on Mille Lacs Lake with a functioning airport.[2]
Pilots flying into the Isle Private Airport must be members of the Isle Airport Association, formerly known as the Isle Flying Club,[3] or have permission from a current member. In 2018 the organization reported it had 98 members.[4] Interest in the airport has grown; in 2020 the Isle Airport Association had more than 200 members.[5]
The Isle Airport Association sponsors an annual fly-in breakfast in July.
Isle Private Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14 ha) which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 2,460 by 160 feet (750 m × 49 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2016, the airport had 600 aircraft operations: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport.[1]