# Richard B Helgeson Airport (KTWM)

**Richard B Helgeson Airport** (ICAO: KTWM) is a small airport in Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Jan 1970. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,400 ft (1,341 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KTWM
- FAA: TWM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Jan 1970
- Elevation: 1,073 ft / 327 m
- Coordinates: 47.0492, -91.7451
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,400 ft / 1,341 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_B._Helgeson_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35293767
- Weather station: KTWM
- Ident: KTWM

## Timeline

- Jan 1970: Richard B Helgeson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |
| 15/33 | 2,581 ft / 787 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass | 149° / 329° |  |

- 15/33 slopes 1.2%: threshold 33 at 1,040 ft / 317 m, threshold 15 at 1,072 ft / 327 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | =8,397 of 29,858 | =3,201 in North America | =2,637 in US |
| Elevation | 1,073 ft / 327 m | =16,574 of 43,403 | =7,295 in North America | =5,783 in US |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =4,428 in North America | =4,338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DULUTH APP/DEP | 125.450 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.325 |
| 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/ktwm/data