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Richard B Helgeson Airport

47.04920°N
-91.74510°W
ARR / DAY
1
200.0%
DEP / DAY
2
83.3%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
3 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTWM 160415Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3020 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

06
36% of ops
22 land · 7 TO
33
33% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
24
18% of ops
11 land · 22 TO
15
13% of ops
8 land · 3 TO
Runway 06 carries 36% of operations (22 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

06 22 landings
UA 9%
33 20 landings
UA 0%
24 11 landings
UA 0%
15 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 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
2.9
flights/day · 86 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (4.0 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 83 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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