📍 Albert Lea⬆ 1,260 ft2 runways
KAEL · AEL
Albert Lea Municipal Airport
43.68150°N
-93.36720°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼
45.5%
DEP / DAY
5
▼
42.9%
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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 2 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
17
45% of ops
189 land · 198 TO
35
34% of ops
144 land · 121 TO
23
16% of ops
67 land · 63 TO
05
5% of ops
20 land · 7 TO
Runway 17 carries 45% of operations (189 landings, 198 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 34%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
17
189 landings
UA 6%
35
144 landings
UA 17%
23
67 landings
UA 16%
05
20 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 17 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 189 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
8.9
flights/day · 266 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
64%
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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