Rushford Muni/Robert W Bunke Field
55Y · Rushford, Minnesota · Fillmore County · map
Rushford Muni/Robert W Bunke Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rushford, 3 miles west of Rushford, Minnesota, 1,211 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 4 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 55Y
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rushford
- Elevation
- 1,211 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| Rochester and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.35 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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Aircraft registered in Rushford from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Rushford, Minnesota: 2 drones, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available self service via credit card.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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 5, 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.