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Blue Earth Municipal Airport

43.59530°N
-94.09280°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
41.7%

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 KACQ, 43 mi away (KSBU does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KACQ 280735Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 10/09 A3011 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

16
42% of ops
22 land · 3 TO
21
21% of ops
11 land · 1 TO
34
19% of ops
10 land · 14 TO
03
17% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
Runway 16 carries 42% of operations (22 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

16 22 landings
UA 9%
21 11 landings
UA 9%
34 10 landings
UA 0%
03 9 landings
UA 0%
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
3.1
flights/day · 94 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (4.4 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (69% of 94 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:03 UTC