# Paynesville Municipal Airport (KPEX)

**Paynesville Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KPEX) is a small airport in Paynesville, Minnesota, United States. It opened in May 1947. It has one runway, 3,302 ft (1,006 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KPEX
- FAA: PEX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Paynesville, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: May 1947
- Elevation: 1,183 ft / 361 m
- Coordinates: 45.3721, -94.7447
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,302 ft / 1,006 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paynesville_Municipal_Airport (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35287852
- Weather station: KPEX
- Ident: KPEX

## Timeline

- May 1947: Paynesville Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,302 ft / 1,006 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 106° / 286° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,302 ft / 1,006 m | =13,426 of 29,858 | =5,548 in North America | =4,655 in US |
| Elevation | 1,183 ft / 361 m | =15,260 of 43,403 | =6,642 in North America | =5,209 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 120.350 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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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/kpex/data