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Albert Lea Municipal Airport

43.68150°N
-93.36720°W
ARR / DAY
5
42.4%
DEP / DAY
7
34.3%

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 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h 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
40% of ops
113 land · 121 TO
35
37% of ops
103 land · 85 TO
23
16% of ops
46 land · 39 TO
05
7% of ops
19 land · 7 TO
Runway 17 carries 40% of operations (113 landings, 121 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

17 113 landings
UA 8%
35 103 landings
UA 24%
23 46 landings
UA 15%
05 19 landings
UA 21%
Approaches to 17 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 113 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
11.4
flights/day · 343 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 11.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (14.8 vs 10.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% 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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