KAEL Albert Lea Municipal Airport
Albert Lea, MN · 3 miles N of ALBERT LEA, MN
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KAEL
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1261.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 43-40-52.7313N 093-22-05.3341W
- Lat / Long
- 43.6813142, -93.3681484
- Mag. variation
- 01E (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 03/1942
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- AEL (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0800-1700 FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 507-826-3451.
- Pattern altitude
- 2001 ft. MSL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT ODALS RWY 17; REIL RWY 17 & 35; PAPI RWY 17 & 35; MIRL RWY 17/35 - CTAF. MIRL RWY 17/35 PRESET TO LOW SS-SR TO INCR INTST - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KAEL
Runways
Longest 5000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 19.0
Runway 17
- Heading
- 167 magnetic, 168 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Approach lights
- ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1260.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 35
- Heading
- 347 magnetic, 348 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1261.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 7 ft. road, 332 ft. from runway, 499 ft. left and right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 2898 x 75 ft. / 883 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
Runway 5
- Heading
- 046 magnetic, 047 true
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1252.8 ft.
Runway 23
- Heading
- 226 magnetic, 227 true
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1256.9 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.0
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 119.575 (507-377-1583)
- Rochester Approach
- 119.8
- Rochester Departure
- 119.8
- Approach Lights
- ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A MOGAS 100LL:100LL & MOGAS FUEL AVBL 24 HR WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MINOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- JIM HANSON 73950 275TH ST. CLARKS GROVE, MN 56016 Phone 507-373-0608
- Manager phone
- 507-373-0608
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.