# Waskish Municipal Airport (KVWU)

**Waskish Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KVWU) is a small airport in Waskish, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Dec 1953. It has one runway, 2,992 ft (912 m) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KVWU
- FAA: VWU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Waskish, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1953
- Elevation: 1,185 ft / 361 m
- Coordinates: 48.1541, -94.5169
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,992 ft / 912 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35317457
- Weather station: KVWU
- Ident: KVWU

## Timeline

- Dec 1953: Waskish Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,992 ft / 912 m | 140 ft / 43 m | Grass | 023° / 203° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,992 ft / 912 m | =16,541 of 29,858 | =7,106 in North America | =6,013 in US |
| Elevation | 1,185 ft / 361 m | #15,242 of 43,403 | #6,635 in North America | #5,204 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/kvwu/data