Wells Municipal
68Y · Wells, Minnesota · Faribault County · map
Wells Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wells, 2 miles west of Wells, Minnesota, 1,119 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,897 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 68Y
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wells
- Elevation
- 1,119 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 8:00 pm; November to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1966
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,897 × 165 ft | Grass, excellent | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 17: road 18 ft high 498 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Wells from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Wells, Minnesota: 2 turboprops, 2 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.
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
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to spacing.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
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.