Mankato Regional Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...

, a city in Blue Earth County

Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Blue Earth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato.Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, United States

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. This airport is publicly owned by City of Mankato. The airport is home to Northstar Aviation (FBO) and Minnesota State University's flight training program.

Facilities and aircraft

Mankato Regional Airport covers an area of 900 acres (364.2 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

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• Runway 4/22: 3,999 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 15/33: 6,600 x 100 ft (2,012 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete (Expanded from 5400 feet (1,645.9 m) in 2007)

For 12-month period ending 31 Augest 2009 the airport had 85,500 aircraft operations, an average of 234 per day: 97% general aviation (83,000), 2% air taxi (2,000) and 1% military (500). There are 53 aircraft based at this airport: 41 single engine, 6 multi engine, 3 ultralights, 2 jet aircraft and 1 helicopters.