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Blue Earth Municipal Airport

43.59530°N
-94.09280°W
ARR / DAY
3
133.3%
DEP / DAY
4
190.0%

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 3,399 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAXA, 37 mi away (KSBU does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
5 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAXA 312255Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2991 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

16
46% of ops
39 land · 10 TO
21
24% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
34
19% of ops
16 land · 21 TO
03
12% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
Runway 16 carries 46% of operations (39 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

16 39 landings
UA 8%
21 20 landings
UA 0%
34 16 landings
UA 6%
03 10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 16 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 39 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
3.7
flights/day · 110 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.0 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 110 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 08:05 UTC