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M56 Gunflint Lodge Seaplane Base
Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 JANUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: M56
Lat/Long: 48-05-07.0000N 090-45-01.0000W
48-05.116667N 090-45.016667W
48.0852778,-90.7502778
(estimated)
Elevation: 1545 ft. / 471 m (estimated)
From city: 26 miles NW of GRAND MARAIS, MN
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 55615

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 11/2023
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Seaplane Base Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8W/26W

Dimensions: 6000 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 8W  RUNWAY 26W
Latitude: 48-05.535450N48-05.713367N
Longitude: 090-45.141017W090-43.692267W
Elevation: 1545.0 ft.1545.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsno, no lights

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: JOHN FREDRIKSON
143 S GUNFLINT LAKE RD
GRAND MARAIS, MN 55604
Phone 218-388-0501
Manager: JOHN FREDRIKSON
143 S GUNFLINT LAKE RD
GRAND MARAIS, MN 55604
Phone 218-388-0501

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at M56.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCKC - Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (21 nm SE)
KELO - Ely Municipal Airport (46 nm W)
12D - Tower Municipal Airport (64 nm W)
KTWM - Richard B Helgeson Airport (74 nm SW)
4R5 - Major Gilbert Field Airport (78 nm S)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5212:52
Sunrise07:2513:25
Sunset17:0923:09
Evening civil twilight17:4223:42

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Feb-2026 06:30:45
Local (UTC-6)  06-Feb-2026 00:30:45
 
METAR
KCKC 
22nm SE 		060615Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM OVC011 M02/M03 A2956 RMK AO2
KGNA 
26nm SE 		060556Z AUTO 01/M03 A2960 RMK AO1 SLP034 60001 T00111028 10017 21006 400171061 53006
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