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Richard B Helgeson Airport

47.04920°N
-91.74510°W
ARR / DAY
1
66.7%
DEP / DAY
2
35.3%

Richard B Helgeson Airport (KTWM) is a small general aviation airport located in Two Harbors, MN, 148 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
11 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTWM 011735Z AUTO 26011G19KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A2990 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

06
46% of ops
21 land · 4 TO
33
33% of ops
15 land · 2 TO
15
11% of ops
5 land · 2 TO
24
11% of ops
5 land · 22 TO
Runway 06 carries 46% of operations (21 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

06 21 landings
UA 5%
33 15 landings
UA 0%
15 5 landings
UA 0%
24 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 21 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
3.3
flights/day · 100 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 8pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.8 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 90 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 125.450
APCH 233.700
AWOS 119.325
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 121.725
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Dlthian
05/01/2009
Deer on runway
Always deer on edges of runways, great cheap fuel though
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