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Albert Lea Municipal Airport

43.68150°N
-93.36720°W
ARR / DAY
5
44.9%
DEP / DAY
6
36.6%

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 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAEL 282135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT240 29/24 A2992 RMK AO2 T02870236

Runway intelligence

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

17
43% of ops
95 land · 103 TO
35
35% of ops
76 land · 65 TO
23
17% of ops
37 land · 33 TO
05
5% of ops
12 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 43% of operations (95 landings, 103 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

17 95 landings
UA 8%
35 76 landings
UA 21%
23 37 landings
UA 16%
05 12 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 17 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 95 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
11.0
flights/day · 331 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 11.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (15.1 vs 10.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 273 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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