Blue Earth Municipal Airport

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Blue Earth Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Blue Earth
Serves Blue Earth, Minnesota
Elevation  AMSL 1,092.8 ft / 333.09 m
Coordinates 43°45′43.5953″N094°05′34.3000″W / 43.762109806°N 94.092861111°W / 43.762109806; -94.092861111
Map
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KSBU
Location of airport in Minnesota/United States
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KSBU
KSBU (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/343,400 x 751,036 x 23Concrete
3/212,245 x 200684 x 61Turf

Blue Earth( ICAO : KSBU, FAA LID : SBU) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles south of the city of Blue Earth, Minnesota in Faribault County. [1]

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Facilities and Aircraft

Blue Earth Airport contains two runways, one designated 16/34 with a 3,400 x 75 ft (1,036 x 23 m) asphalt surface,.and another designated 3/21 with a 2,245 x 200 ft (684 x 61 m) turf surface. [2]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the airport had 13,870 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 54% general aviation and 46% transient general aviation. [3] The airport housed 26 single-engine airplanes. [3]

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References

  1. "FAA Information about Blue Earth Municipal Airport (SBU)". www.airport-data.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  2. "SBU - Blue Earth Municipal Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. 1 2 "AirNav: KSBU - Blue Earth Municipal Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.