Austin Municipal
AUM · KAUM · Austin, Minnesota · Mower County · map
Austin Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Austin, 2 miles east of Austin, Minnesota, 1,234 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,800 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAUM · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 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 KAUM 061935Z AUTO 25011KT 8SM CLR 26/12 A2980 RMK AO2 T02560118
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 AUM · ICAO KAUM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Austin
- Elevation
- 1,234 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Saturday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Sunday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,800 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 1,705 ft from the end
- Runway 35: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| Aum and aWOS-3PT | 120.675 | |
| Rochester and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 507-433-6667.
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 Austin from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Austin, Minnesota: 18 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 · 5 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
- Migratory waterfowl and deer in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17; PAPI runway 17 and 35; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 daylight - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst at night; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
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.