Fairmont Municipal Airport (Minnesota)

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]

Fairmont Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Fairmont
ServesFairmont, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,162 ft / 354 m
Coordinates43°38′38″N 094°24′56″W
Map
FRM
Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
FRM
FRM (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,505 1,678 Asphalt
2/20 3,300 1,006 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations9,400
Based aircraft30

The airport at this location was dedicated in 1951.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

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 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

In 1959 North Central Airlines began scheduled service using Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The flight route was from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, Mankato, Fairmount, Worthington, and Sioux Falls, SD. Scheduled service by various commuter airlines continued until 1996.[2][3]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FRM PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. Foster, Tom (October 2018). "Airport of the Month". Minnesota Flyer.
  3. "Airline Timetable Images". Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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