Wipline Seaplane Base
09Y · Inver Grove Hgts, Minnesota · Dakota County · map
Wipline Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 2 miles southeast of Inver Grove Hgts, Minnesota, 687 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
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What is the airport code for Wipline Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 09Y.
Where is Wipline Seaplane Base?
It is 2 miles southeast of Inver Grove Hgts, Minnesota, 687 feet above sea level.
Does Wipline Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wipline Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Wipline Seaplane Base?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Prescott Flying Club INC and 09Y Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wipline Seaplane Base?
8 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 09Y
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 687 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17W/35W | 8,000 × 500 ft | Water |
- Runway 35W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- beach gear
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field (2 nm northwest), St. Paul Downtown Holman Field (7 nm north), Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (10 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- River chnl marked by buoys.
- Floating debris on river at all times.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Inver Grove Hgts from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Inver Grove Hgts, Minnesota: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Prescott Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · South Saint Paul, 4 miles away Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area.
- 09Y Flying Club 1 aircraft · South Saint Paul, 4 miles away Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area.
- Wallys Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Saint Paul, 10 miles away
- Mn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft · Minneapolis, 11 miles away Minnesota Helicopters Inc.
- Aero Flight Flying Club 1 aircraft · Minneapolis, 11 miles away Club Cherokee is a non-profit, equity-based flying club based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Tailwinds Flying Club 3 aircraft · Lake Elmo, 12 miles away Tailwinds Flying Club is a flying club based at Lake Elmo, Minnesota (21D) that allows members to co-own and share the costs of aircraft.
- Fly Well Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Roseville, 15 miles away Flywell Flying Club is a flying club based at Anoka County Airport near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 13 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (10 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (16 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (17 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (19 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (19 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Stanton, MN (21 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- Barbara Ann Mack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Hangar · Blaine, MN (22 nm) · (612) 554-1233 · [email protected]
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (48 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
All 55 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Inver Grove Hgts 4 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Prescott Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- 09Y Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Wallys Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,935 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/09Y.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.