# Houston County Airport (KCHU)

**Houston County Airport** (ICAO: KCHU) is a small airport in Caledonia, Minnesota, United States. It opened in 1968. It has one runway, 3,499 ft (1,067 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KCHU
- FAA: CHU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Caledonia, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: 1968 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,179 ft / 359 m
- Coordinates: 43.5964, -91.5039
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,499 ft / 1,067 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County_Airport_(Minnesota) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3207581
- Weather station: KCHU
- Ident: KCHU

## Timeline

- 1968: Houston County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,499 ft / 1,067 m | 77 ft / 24 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,499 ft / 1,067 m | =12,761 of 29,858 | =5,180 in North America | =4,318 in US |
| Elevation | 1,179 ft / 359 m | =15,324 of 43,403 | =6,666 in North America | =5,231 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 128.600 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 122.100 |

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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)
- [Wikipedia: “Houston County Airport (Minnesota)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston_County_Airport_(Minnesota)&oldid=1365150322), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kchu/data