Houston County
CHU · KCHU · Caledonia, Minnesota · Houston County · map
Houston County is a public-use airport owned by Houston County, 3 miles south of Caledonia, Minnesota, 1,179 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CHU · ICAO KCHU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Houston County
- Elevation
- 1,179 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,499 × 77 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| La Crosse Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
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 Caledonia from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Caledonia, Minnesota: 5 piston singles, 1 drone. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- Grass taxiway 25 feet wide
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low ints sunset to sunrise; to incr ints and activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour credit card service available.
- Grass taxiway uneven
- 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.