Tower Municipal
12D · Tower, Minnesota · St Louis County · map
Tower Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tower, 1 mile northwest of Tower, Minnesota, 1,370 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,400 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 16 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,700 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tower Municipal?
Its FAA code is 12D.
Where is Tower Municipal?
It is 1 mile northwest of Tower, Minnesota, 1,370 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tower Municipal?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,400 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tower Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tower Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Tower Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Super Cub Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tower Municipal?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tower Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 12D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tower
- Elevation
- 1,370 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14W/32W | 5,000 × 200 ft | Water | |
| 08/26 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 32 ft high 478 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, brush 39 ft high 312 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Duluth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- beach gear, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cook Municipal (16 nm west), Ely Municipal (18 nm east), Eveleth/Virginia Municipal (25 nm south), Orr Regional (26 nm northwest).
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
- 270 feet hill, 2500 feet southeast of airport.
- Activate or incr intst PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset med intst.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Unusable beyond 4 degreess left of centerline.
- Ultralight traffic on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -34C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 16 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,000 |
| general aviation, local | 2,700 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tower from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Tower, Minnesota: 21 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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:
- Super Cub Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Tower
Charter operators and airlines based in Tower:
- Adventure Air Charters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Adventure Seaplanes offers seaplane flight training, air tours, and charter services from bases in Minnesota and Florida.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport 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 airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tower 21 aircraft · 21 piston singles
- Adventure Air Charters INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Super Cub Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 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 6,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/12D.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.