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
IATA: FRM ICAO: KFRM FAA LID: FRM
Summary
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
Map
FRM Location of airport in Minnesota/United States Show map of Minnesota FRM FRM (the United States) Show map of 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 operations 9,400 Based aircraft 30
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for FRM, effective May 19, 2022

• 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