FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | SBU |
Lat/Long: | 43-35-43.3000N 094-05-34.3000W 43-35.721667N 094-05.571667W 43.5953611,-94.0928611 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 1107.4 ft. / 337.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 01E (2020) |
From city: | 3 miles S of BLUE EARTH, MN |
Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 56013 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 03/1942 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | PRINCETON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PNM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1700 FOR SVC AFT HRS CALL 507-525-3064 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | RWY 16-34 MIRL PRESET TO LOW SS-SR, TO INCR INTS AND ACTVT PAPI RY 16 & RY 34, AND REIL RY 16 & RY 34 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT at FRM (14 nm W): | 120.025 (507-238-1562) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON 127.75/257.7 (FAIRMONT RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
AELr260/31.8 | | ALBERT LEA VOR/DME | | 109.80 | | 01E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
MONTZ | | 078/9.9 | | 420 | | 04E | | FQ | ..-. --.- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF SERVICE FUEL AVAILABLE WITH CREDIT CARD |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: | 3400 x 75 ft. / 1036 x 23 m |
Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
Latitude: | 43-35.899803N | | 43-35.370357N |
Longitude: | 094-05.675412W | | 094-05.425895W |
Elevation: | 1092.4 ft. | | 1107.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 160 magnetic, 161 true | | 340 magnetic, 341 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 2245 x 200 ft. / 684 x 61 m |
Surface: | turf, in good condition |
Runway edge markings: | MKD WITH YELLOW CONES. |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 43-35.703382N | | 43-36.004817N |
Longitude: | 094-05.750273W | | 094-05.456302W |
Elevation: | 1092.8 ft. | | 1090.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 034 magnetic, 035 true | | 214 magnetic, 215 true |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF BLUE EARTH 125 W 6TH ST, PO BOX 38 BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 Phone 507-526-7336 |
Manager: | LUKE STEIER 7575 HWY 169 BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 Phone 507-526-7264 EMAIL ADDRESS: STEIERL@HOTMAIL.COM (ALL LOWER CASE) |
Additional Remarks
A58-16 | RWY 16 HAS 4 FT BRUSH 35 FT FM THE RWY END AND 154 FT LEFT. |
- | RY 03/21 CLSD WINTER MONTHS |
- | DEER & WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC & FLT SVCS. |
- | FOR CD IF UNA VIA GCO CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 23 January 2025 at 0901Z to 20 February 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 **CHANGED** | |
download (234KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (232KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KFRM - Fairmont Municipal Airport (14 nm W)
KFXY - Forest City Municipal Airport/Trimble Field (30 nm SE)
KEST - Estherville Municipal Airport (31 nm W)
KJYG - St James Municipal Airport (31 nm NW)
KAEL - Albert Lea Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Taken in the Fall of 2012
looking southwest.
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 30-Jan-2025
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:05 | | 13:05 |
Sunrise | | 07:36 | | 13:36 |
Sunset | | 17:24 | | 23:24 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:54 | | 23:54 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 30-Jan-2025 22:48:09 |
Local (UTC-6) | 30-Jan-2025 16:48:09 |
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METAR |
KFRM 14nm W | 302156Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM CLR 13/M03 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP071 T01331028
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TAF |
KMKT 38nm N | 301720Z 3018/3118 23008KT P6SM SKC FM302300 01005KT P6SM SKC FM310900 02006G13KT P6SM FEW250
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KMCW 43nm SE | 301746Z 3018/3118 22014G22KT P6SM FEW250 FM302000 24006KT P6SM SKC FM310000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT110 FM311000 03006KT P6SM SCT080 FM311200 03007KT P6SM SCT150
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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