# Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU)

**Blue Earth Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KSBU) is a small airport in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Mar 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,400 ft (1,036 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KSBU
- FAA: SBU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Mar 1942
- Elevation: 1,107 ft / 338 m
- Coordinates: 43.5953, -94.0928
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,400 ft / 1,036 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Earth_Municipal_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35247164
- Weather station: KSBU
- Ident: KSBU

## Timeline

- Mar 1942: Blue Earth Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 161° / 341° | yes |
| 03/21 | 2,245 ft / 684 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass | 035° / 215° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | =13,111 of 29,858 | =5,333 in North America | =4,462 in US |
| Elevation | 1,107 ft / 338 m | #16,113 of 43,403 | #7,071 in North America | #5,592 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 127.750 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/ksbu/data