Le Sueur Municipal Airport
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The Le Sueur Municipal Airport is an airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 on the south side of Le Sueur, Minnesota
Le Sueur, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,922 people, 1,545 households, and 1,025 families residing in the city. The population density was 879.0 people per square mile . There were 1,589 housing units at an average density of 356.1 per square mile...

. It is located on Minnesota State Highway 112
Minnesota State Highway 112
Minnesota State Highway 112 is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in the city of Le Sueur and continues south and then east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 99 in Lexington Township near the city of Le...

.

Facilities and aircraft

Fairmont Municipal Airport covers an area of 96 acres (38.8 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 868 feet (264.6 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
Asphalt
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 paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 13/31 is 3,005 by 75 feet (915 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2010, the airport had 2,560 aircraft operations, an average of 7 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport, and 25 helicopters.

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