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Fairmont Municipal Airport

43.64390°N
-94.41560°W
ARR / DAY
1
85.1%
DEP / DAY
1
84.0%

Fairmont Municipal Airport (KFRM/FRM) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairmont, MN, 101 mi west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,505 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFRM 261256Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02560194

Runway intelligence

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

31
34% of ops
91 land · 10 TO
13
33% of ops
88 land · 92 TO
20
17% of ops
44 land · 27 TO
02
16% of ops
41 land · 24 TO
Runway 31 carries 34% of operations (91 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

31 91 landings
UA 7%
13 88 landings
UA 5%
20 44 landings
UA 27%
02 41 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 31 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 91 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
6.5
flights/day · 194 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (7.5 vs 6.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 160 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 120.025
OTHER 122.300
FAIRMONT 122.300
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 257.700
FAIRMONT 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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