📍 Albert Lea⬆ 1,260 ft2 runways
KAEL · AEL
Albert Lea Municipal Airport
43.68150°N
-93.36720°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲
45.7%
DEP / DAY
7
▲
62.5%
Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL/AEL) is a small general aviation airport located in Albert Lea, MN, 51 mi south west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KAUM, 22 mi away (KAEL does not publish METAR)
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
240°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
35
46% of ops
107 land · 76 TO
17
37% of ops
85 land · 108 TO
23
10% of ops
23 land · 5 TO
05
7% of ops
16 land · 3 TO
Runway 35 carries 46% of operations (107 landings, 76 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 37%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
35
107 landings
UA 17%
17
85 landings
UA 14%
23
23 landings
UA 30%
05
16 landings
UA 25%
Approaches to 35 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 107 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
10.2
flights/day · 305 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.000 | — |
| APCH | 119.800 | — |
| APCH | 251.125 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.000 | — |
| AWOS | 119.575 | — |
| ROCHESTE | 132.350 | — |
| OTHER | 132.350 | — |
| ROCHESTE | 307.300 | — |
| OTHER | 307.300 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Elevation:
- 1,261 ft
- Mag var:
- 1° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, MOGAS
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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