FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | SBU |
Lat/Long: | 43-35-43.3000N 094-05-34.3000W 43-35.721667N 094-05.571667W 43.5953611,-94.0928611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1107.4 ft. / 337.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 01E (2020) |
From city: | 3 miles S of BLUE EARTH, MN |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 56013 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 03/1942 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PNM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700 FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 507-525-3064 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | RWY 16-34 MIRL PRESET TO LOW SS-SR, TO INCR INTS AND ACTVT PAPI RY 16 & RY 34, AND REIL RY 16 & RY 34 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT at FRM (14 nm W): | 120.025 (507-238-1562) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON 127.75/257.7 (FAIRMONT RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
AELr260/31.8 | | ALBERT LEA VOR/DME | | 109.80 | | 01E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
MONTZ | | 078/9.9 | | 420 | | 04E | | FQ | ..-. --.- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF SERVICE FUEL AVAILABLE WITH CREDIT CARD |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: | 3400 x 75 ft. / 1036 x 23 m |
Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
Latitude: | 43-35.899803N | | 43-35.370357N |
Longitude: | 094-05.675412W | | 094-05.425895W |
Elevation: | 1092.4 ft. | | 1107.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 160 magnetic, 161 true | | 340 magnetic, 341 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 2245 x 200 ft. / 684 x 61 m |
Surface: | turf, in good condition |
Runway edge markings: | MKD WITH YELLOW CONES. |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 43-35.703382N | | 43-36.004817N |
Longitude: | 094-05.750273W | | 094-05.456302W |
Elevation: | 1092.8 ft. | | 1090.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 034 magnetic, 035 true | | 214 magnetic, 215 true |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF BLUE EARTH 125 W 6TH ST, PO BOX 38 BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 Phone 507-526-7336 |
Manager: | LUKE STEIER 7575 HWY 169 BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 Phone 507-526-7264 EMAIL ADDRESS: STEIERL@HOTMAIL.COM (ALL LOWER CASE) |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 28 | Single engine airplanes: | | 26 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 38/day * | 54% | local general aviation | 46% | transient general aviation | * for 12-month period ending 30 September 2017 | |
Additional Remarks
A58-16 | RWY 16 HAS 4 FT BRUSH 35 FT FM THE RWY END AND 154 FT LEFT. |
- | RY 03/21 CLSD WINTER MONTHS |
- | DEER & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC & FLT SVCS. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO 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 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 | |
download (221KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (232KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KFRM - Fairmont Municipal Airport (14 nm W)
KFXY - Forest City Municipal Airport (30 nm SE)
KEST - Estherville Municipal Airport (31 nm W)
KJYG - St James Municipal Airport (31 nm NW)
KAEL - Albert Lea Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Taken in the Fall of 2012
looking southwest.
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 17-Apr-2024
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:00 | | 11:00 |
Sunrise | | 06:30 | | 11:30 |
Sunset | | 20:02 | | 01:02 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:32 | | 01:32 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 17-Apr-2024 21:03:07 |
Local (UTC-5) | 17-Apr-2024 16:03:07 |
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METAR |
KFRM 14nm W | 172056Z AUTO 31017KT 10SM BKN034 BKN041 13/06 A2986 RMK AO2 PK WND 30027/2021 SLP116 T01280061 53020
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TAF |
KMKT 38nm N | 171720Z 1718/1818 30020G28KT P6SM BKN020 FM172100 30016G26KT P6SM BKN040 FM180100 28005KT P6SM FEW250 FM180700 27007KT 6SM -SHRA OVC050 FM181300 29012G18KT P6SM SCT200
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KMCW 43nm SE | 171741Z 1718/1818 30023G31KT P6SM OVC020 FM172000 30022G34KT P6SM BKN023 FM172300 31011KT P6SM SCT035 FM180800 32009KT 6SM -SHRA BR OVC020 FM181100 31007KT 6SM -SHRA BR OVC017
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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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