# Albert Lea Municipal Airport (AEL / KAEL)

**Albert Lea Municipal Airport** (IATA: AEL, ICAO: KAEL) is a small airport in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Mar 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AEL / KAEL
- FAA: AEL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Mar 1942
- Elevation: 1,261 ft / 384 m
- Coordinates: 43.6815, -93.3672
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cityofalbertlea.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lea_Municipal_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4710695
- Weather station: KAEL
- Ident: KAEL

## Timeline

- Mar 1942: Albert Lea Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 168° / 348° | yes |
| 05/23 | 2,898 ft / 883 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 047° / 227° |  |

## 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 | 1,261 ft / 384 m | =14,290 of 43,403 | =6,181 in North America | =4,801 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ROCHESTER APP/DEP | 119.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.575 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 132.350 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.050 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## 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/kael/data