Fairmont Municipal Airport(Minnesota) – FRM Fairmont

Fairmont Municipal Airport is a public airport situated 2.3 miles southeast of the city center of Fairmont, Minnesota which is a part of Martin County. The City of Fairmont owns the airport and was opened in 1951. Fairmont is also known as the City of Lakes. Because of its scenic lakes, the city is visited by many tourists as it offers recreational activities. There are five lakes in the city that are best for swimming, water skiing, pleasure boating, and fishing.

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The FRM-Fairmont Municipal Airport has a total land area of 93 hectares with two asphalt runways measuring 1,678 meters by 30 meters and 1,006 meters by 23 meters. Based on 2008 statistics from the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport held 9,400 aircraft operations with 30 based aircrafts having an average of 26 aircraft operations per day. The aircrafts in the airport is consist of 26 single engine airplanes, 1 multi-engine airplanes, 2 jet planes and 1 ultra-lights.  The FRM airport has a wind indicator but has no control tower. Migratory birds come and go in the airport skies which are hazardous to pilots. Some of the cities to visit near the airport are Kasota, Sleepy Eye and Madelia.

What to Do & Area Attractions

Three of the best hotels near the airport are the Holiday Inn Fairmont, the Super 8 by Wyndham Fairmont and Hampton Inn Fairmont. Holiday Inn is 2.72 miles away from the airport, Super 8 Fairmont is 2.74 miles away and Hampton Inn Fairmont is 2.9 miles away. All three hotels are highly rated and well recommended.

Mankato Regional Airport (MKT) is the nearest airport with a distance to 59.4 miles.