📍 Albert Lea⬆ 1,260 ft2 runways
KAEL · AEL
Albert Lea Municipal Airport
43.68150°N
-93.36720°W
ARR / DAY
6
▲
8.3%
DEP / DAY
6
▲
5.4%
Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL/AEL) is a small general aviation airport located in Albert Lea, MN, 51 mi south west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
73°F
Wind
12 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
35
49% of ops
103 land · 82 TO
17
36% of ops
77 land · 86 TO
23
9% of ops
19 land · 4 TO
05
6% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
Runway 35 carries 49% of operations (103 landings, 82 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 36%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
35
103 landings
UA 21%
17
77 landings
UA 10%
23
19 landings
UA 11%
05
13 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 35 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 103 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
10.4
flights/day · 313 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.000 | — |
| APCH | 119.800 | — |
| APCH | 251.125 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.000 | — |
| AWOS | 119.575 | — |
| ROCHESTE | 132.350 | — |
| OTHER | 132.350 | — |
| ROCHESTE | 307.300 | — |
| OTHER | 307.300 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Elevation:
- 1,261 ft
- Mag var:
- 1° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, MOGAS
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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