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Blue Earth Municipal Airport

43.59530°N
-94.09280°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) is a small general aviation airport located in Blue Earth, MN, 86 mi west of Rochester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,399 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMCW, 49 mi away (KSBU does not publish METAR)

18m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
5 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMCW 170453Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01720156

Runway intelligence

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

16
34% of ops
56 land · 10 TO
21
33% of ops
54 land · 0 TO
03
16% of ops
27 land · 17 TO
34
16% of ops
27 land · 28 TO
Runway 16 carries 34% of operations (56 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

16 56 landings
UA 2%
21 54 landings
UA 4%
03 27 landings
UA 0%
34 27 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 56 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
5.2
flights/day · 156 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 5.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.2× weekday (9.0 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (85% of 156 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 121.725
FAIRMONT 127.750
OTHER 127.750
FAIRMONT 257.700
OTHER 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 05:11 UTC