FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | FFM |
Lat/Long: | 46-17-03.8000N 096-09-24.1000W 46-17.063333N 096-09.401667W 46.2843889,-96.1566944 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1182.6 ft. / 360.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 05E (1995) |
From city: | 3 miles W of FERGUS FALLS, MN |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 56537 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 10/1942 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FFM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700, ALL SAT 0900-1400 FOR ATTENDANT AFT HRS CALL AMGR. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT MALSR RWY 31; REIL RWY 13 & 35; PAPI RWY 13 & 31; MIRL RWY 13/31 & 17/35 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 119.05 (218-736-7216) |
WX AWOS-3 at BWP (19 nm W): | 127.875 (701-642-9800) |
WX AWOS-3 at Y63 (19 nm S): | 118.075 (218-685-6456) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQ 126.1/269.2 (ALEXANDRIA RCAG).
- COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY PRINCETON RADIO ON FREQ 122.6 (FERGUS FALLS RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
FFM at field | | FERGUS FALLS VOR/DME | | 110.40 | | 05E |
DTLr197/34.3 | | DETROIT LAKES VOR/DME | | 111.20 | | 02E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
HAMRE | | 308/5.6 | | 337 | | 05E | | FF | ..-. ..-. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:FUEL AVBL H24 VIA CREDIT CARD. |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
Dimensions: | 5639 x 100 ft. / 1719 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 60.0 | Double wheel: | 90.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
Latitude: | 46-17.357295N | | 46-16.722135N |
Longitude: | 096-09.735892W | | 096-08.760718W |
Elevation: | 1181.8 ft. | | 1175.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 128 magnetic, 133 true | | 308 magnetic, 313 true |
Markings: | precision, in fair condition | | precision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | | | ILS |
Runway 17/35
Dimensions: | 3301 x 75 ft. / 1006 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 16.0 | Double wheel: | 22.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
Latitude: | 46-17.376042N | | 46-16.833082N |
Longitude: | 096-09.667923W | | 096-09.657657W |
Elevation: | 1182.3 ft. | | 1157.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 174 magnetic, 179 true | | 354 magnetic, 359 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF FERGUS FALLS 112 W WASHINGTON AVE, PO BOX 868 FERGUS FALLS, MN 56537-2568 Phone 218-332-5435 |
Manager: | SKY CREW SERVICES 4005 STATE HIGHWAY 210 W FERGUS FALLS, MN 56537-4005 Phone 218-739-3733 |
Additional Remarks
- | DEER & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | ULTRALIGHTS ON & INVOF ARPT. ULTRALIGHT PATTERN 1800 FT MSL. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS OR LOC RWY 31 | |
download (283KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 | |
download (279KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 | |
download (290KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (225KB) |
VOR RWY 13 | |
download (234KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (175KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (405KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KBWP - Harry Stern Airport (19 nm W)
Y63 - Elbow Lake Municipal/Pride of the Prairie Airport (19 nm S)
16D - Perham Municipal Airport (30 nm NE)
KDTL - Detroit Lakes Airport-Wething Field (34 nm N)
KETH - Wheaton Municipal Airport (34 nm SW)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 11-Aug-2007
from the southeast looking northwest to the airport with 13-31 in the foreground, 17-35 in the background
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 02-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:37 | | 10:37 |
Sunrise | | 06:10 | | 11:10 |
Sunset | | 20:33 | | 01:33 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:07 | | 02:07 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 02-May-2025 06:12:04 |
Local (UTC-5) | 02-May-2025 01:12:04 |
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METAR |
KFFM | 020555Z AUTO 32007KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR SCT004 BKN033 OVC044 09/09 A2988 RMK AO2 P0002
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KBWP 19nm W | 020555Z AUTO 02009KT 6SM -RA BR FEW029 BKN048 OVC075 09/09 A2988 RMK AO2 P0001
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KY63 19nm S | 020555Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM -DZ SCT004 BKN050 OVC080 10/09 A2989 RMK AO2 T00950085 10110 20093 401310093
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TAF |
KAXN 40nm SE | 020545Z 0206/0306 33008KT 6SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC040 FM020900 36009KT P6SM BKN013 FM021100 36010KT P6SM BKN008 FM021500 36012KT P6SM BKN025 FM021800 36011G20KT P6SM SCT050 FM030400 VRB03KT P6SM FEW200
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KFAR 47nm NW | 020520Z 0206/0306 36008KT P6SM SCT080 FM022300 VRB05KT P6SM FEW050
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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