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Richard B Helgeson Airport

47.04920°N
-91.74510°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Richard B Helgeson Airport (KTWM) is a small general aviation airport located in Two Harbors, MN, 148 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,400 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KTWM 241415Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW130 SCT160 12/11 A3008 RMK AO2 T01230108

Runway intelligence

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

06
57% of ops
38 land · 9 TO
24
24% of ops
16 land · 28 TO
33
13% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
15
6% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
Runway 06 carries 57% of operations (38 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

06 38 landings
UA 0%
24 16 landings
UA 12%
33 9 landings
UA 0%
15 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 38 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
5.0
flights/day · 150 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.2 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 127 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
APCH 125.450 —
APCH 233.700 —
AWOS 119.325 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Dlthian
5/2/2009
Deer on runway
Always deer on edges of runways, great cheap fuel though
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