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Blue Earth Municipal Airport

43.59530°N
-94.09280°W
ARR / DAY
1
12.5%
DEP / DAY
1
16.7%

Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) is a small general aviation airport located in Blue Earth, MN, 86 mi west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMCW, 49 mi away (KSBU does not publish METAR)

39m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
13 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMCW 292053Z AUTO 19013G23KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02440178 56017

Runway intelligence

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

16
45% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
21
20% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
34
18% of ops
9 land · 13 TO
03
16% of ops
8 land · 3 TO
Runway 16 carries 45% of operations (22 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

16 22 landings
UA 9%
21 10 landings
UA 0%
34 9 landings
UA 0%
03 8 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 16 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 22 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
2.8
flights/day · 85 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (4.4 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (67% of 85 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 121.725
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 257.700
OTHER 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL
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