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]
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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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The airport at this location was dedicated in 1951.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
editFairmont 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 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 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
editIn 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FRM PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ a b Foster, Tom (October 2018). "Airport of the Month". Minnesota Flyer.
- ^ "Airline Timetable Images". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
External links
edit- FAA Terminal Procedures for FRM, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FRM
- AirNav airport information for KFRM
- ASN accident history for FRM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures