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Leaders Clear Lake Airport

45.44440°N
-93.97110°W
ARR / DAY
4
18.2%
DEP / DAY
4
63.2%

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 4 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)

45m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSTC 281953Z 16005KT 10SM CLR 26/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02610117

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

36
52% of ops
60 land · 54 TO
18
48% of ops
56 land · 27 TO
Runway 36 carries 52% of operations (60 landings, 54 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

36 60 landings
UA 10%
18 56 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 36 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
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 10pm · 11pm
Day vs night
47%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–11pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (7.5 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 188 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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