Appleton Municipal
AQP · KAQP · Appleton, Minnesota · Swift County · map
Appleton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Appleton, 2 miles northeast of Appleton, Minnesota, 1,021 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 3,500 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KAQP · observed 2:29 pm CDT (19:29 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 14 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAQP 061929Z AUTO 31014KT 10SM CLR 29/07 A2977 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AQP · ICAO KAQP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Appleton
- Elevation
- 1,021 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,770 × 157 ft | Grass, good |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Aqp and aWOS-3PT | 118.5 | |
| Redwood Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-289-1265.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Appleton from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Appleton, Minnesota: 25 turboprops, 8 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 piston twins. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed winter months.
- Runway 13 visual lighting on instrument runway.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Cracking.
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.