Flying Cloud Airport satellite view
📍 Minneapolis⬆ 906 ft3 runways
KFCM · FCM

Flying Cloud Airport

44.82720°N
-93.45710°W
ARR / DAY
62
▼ 59.4%
DEP / DAY
67
▼ 60.4%

Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM/FCM) is a small general aviation airport located in Minneapolis, MN. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 62 arrivals and 67 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
41°F
Wind
4 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFCM 170153Z 29004KT 9SM CLR 05/M01 A3050 RMK AO2 SLP335 T00501011

Runway intelligence

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

10R
38% of ops
1,523 land · 847 TO
10L
21% of ops
843 land · 1,244 TO
28L
21% of ops
840 land · 521 TO
28R
14% of ops
547 land · 921 TO
36
3% of ops
123 land · 92 TO
18
2% of ops
81 land · 156 TO
Runway 10R carries 38% of operations (1,523 landings, 847 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10L at 21%.

Approach quality

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

10R 1,523 landings
UA 5%
10L 843 landings
UA 3%
28L 840 landings
UA 8%
28R 547 landings
UA 8%
36 123 landings
UA 5%
18 81 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 10R show a 5% unstable-approach rate (69 UA events from 1,523 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
178.7
flights/day · 5,361 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 8pm · 6pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 178.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (117.4 vs 210.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 3,942 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.150 —
TWR 119.150 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
TWR 125.200 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
GND 121.700 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
ATIS 124.900 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
APCH 134.700 —
APCH 284.700 —
DEP 284.700 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
LCL/P 119.150 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
EMERG 121.500 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
OTHER 121.700 —
CD/P 121.700 —
LCL/P 125.200 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
OTHER 126.950 —
TWOLF ST 126.950 —
OTHER 134.700 —
COULT DP 134.700 —
KBREW DP 134.700 —
ORSKY DP 134.700 —
ROCHESTE 134.700 —
SCHEP DP 134.700 —
WLSTN DP 134.700 —
ZMBRO DP 134.700 —
EMERG 243.000 0600-2100, 1ST SUN IN NOV-2ND SAT IN MAR; 0600-2200, 2ND SUN IN MAR-1ST SAT IN NOV.
OTHER 284.700 —
COULT DP 284.700 —
ORSKY DP 284.700 —
ROCHESTE 284.700 —
SCHEP DP 284.700 —
ZMBRO DP 284.700 —
OTHER 335.500 —
AGUDE ST 335.500 —
ENCEE ST 335.500 —
GOPHER S 335.500 —
TWOLF ST 335.500 —
OTHER 335.650 —
KBREW DP 335.650 —
WLSTN DP 335.650 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 4 PM · 1 movement every 180 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 03:20 UTC