# Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH)

**Wheaton Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KETH) is a small airport in Lake Valley Township, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Apr 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,298 ft (1,005 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KETH
- FAA: ETH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Valley Township, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Apr 1947
- Elevation: 1,023 ft / 312 m
- Coordinates: 45.7821, -96.5436
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,298 ft / 1,005 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton_Municipal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7991965
- Weather station: KETH
- Ident: KETH

## Timeline

- Apr 1947: Wheaton Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,298 ft / 1,005 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | yes |
| 06/24 | 1,953 ft / 595 m | 175 ft / 53 m | Grass | 063° / 243° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,298 ft / 1,005 m | =13,566 of 29,858 | =5,674 in North America | =4,767 in US |
| Elevation | 1,023 ft / 312 m | #17,305 of 43,403 | #7,686 in North America | #6,133 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 32.600 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 126.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| FSS | PRINCETON RDO | 122.250 |

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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/keth/data