# Tower Municipal Airport (12D)

**Tower Municipal Airport** (FAA: 12D) is a small airport in Tower, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Dec 1959. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k12d

## At a glance

- FAA: 12D
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Tower, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1959
- Elevation: 1,370 ft / 418 m
- Coordinates: 47.8182, -92.2861
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Municipal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10851231
- Weather station: KCQM
- Ident: K12D

## Timeline

- Dec 1959: Tower Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14W/32W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water |  |  |
| 08/26 | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 1,370 ft / 418 m | #13,148 of 43,403 | #5,669 in North America | #4,354 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [KCQM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcqm.md) Cook Municipal Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [LYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelo.md) Ely Municipal Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [EVM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kevm.md) Eveleth–Virginia Municipal Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [KORB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korb.md) Orr Regional Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [HIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khib.md) Range Regional Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [MY56](https://dromopedia.com/airports/my56.md) Robertson Field · 47 mi / 76 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #78

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k12d/data