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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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
4 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAEL 241235Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM SCT200 16/16 A3005 RMK AO2 T01610161

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
48% of ops
103 land · 83 TO
17
37% of ops
79 land · 88 TO
23
9% of ops
19 land · 5 TO
05
6% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
Runway 35 carries 48% of operations (103 landings, 83 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 103 landings
UA 21%
17 79 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
10.6
flights/day · 317 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 10.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.5 vs 11.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (42% of 283 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:32 UTC