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Blue Earth Municipal Airport

43.59530°N
-94.09280°W
ARR / DAY
3
171.4%
DEP / DAY
4
262.5%

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 3,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAXA, 37 mi away (KSBU does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
5 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAXA 312255Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2991 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

16
44% of ops
36 land · 8 TO
21
27% of ops
22 land · 2 TO
34
17% of ops
14 land · 21 TO
03
12% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
Runway 16 carries 44% of operations (36 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

16 36 landings
UA 6%
21 22 landings
UA 0%
34 14 landings
UA 0%
03 10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 16 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 36 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
3.6
flights/day · 109 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.0 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (61% of 109 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
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