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Leaders Clear Lake Airport

45.44440°N
-93.97110°W
ARR / DAY
3
17.9%
DEP / DAY
4
12.5%

Leaders Clear Lake Airport (K8Y6) is a small general aviation airport located in Clear Lake, MN, 47 mi north west of Minneapolis. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KSTC, 8 mi away (K8Y6 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
11 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSTC 301953Z 08011G17KT 10SM BKN018 27/21 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02670206 $

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
18/36
3,000 ft × 150
COM○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

18
51% of ops
60 land · 28 TO
36
49% of ops
57 land · 53 TO
Runway 18 carries 51% of operations (60 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

18 60 landings
UA 10%
36 57 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 18 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 60 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
6.7
flights/day · 201 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 11pm · 2pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 6.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (8.1 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 191 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
990 ft
Mag var:
4° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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