St. James Municipal Airport

St. James Municipal Airport (IATA: JYG, ICAO: KJYG, FAA LID: XXX) is a public airport located three miles east of the central business district St. James, Minnesota in Watonwan County, MN. It serves general aviation for St. James and the surrounding area. There is currently no scheduled air service.

St. James Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity Of St James
LocationSt. James, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,067 ft / 325 m
Coordinates43°59′11″N 94°33′29″W
Websitehttps://www.ci.stjames.mn.us/149/Airport
Map
JYG
Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
JYG
JYG (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations (2017)5,485
Based aircraft (2017)14

Facilities and aircraft

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017, the airport had 5,485 aircraft operations. During this reporting period 14 aircraft were based at this airport, 13 piston-engine and 1 jet.[2]

History

In the late 1950s local pilots raised enough money to purchase 20 acres of land and built a 2700 turf runway.[3] This site was slightly west of the current location.[4] The city eventually acquired the airport for $1 and the process of planning and building a new airport begun.[3] The new airport had a single asphalt runway 14/32 and was 3400 x 75 feet.[5] The runway was eventually extended to 4,000 ft. The current runway was renumbered from 14/32 to 15/33 due to shifts in magnetic variation.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for JYG PDF, effective February 28, 2019.
  2. "AOPA Airports, St. James Airport". Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  3. Foster, Tom (March 2019). "Airport of the Month". Minnesota Flyer.
  4. SkyPrints, 1975 Aviation Enroute Atlas
  5. NOAA Airport/Facility Directory, North Central U.S., Effect 4 Feb 1993
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