Cloquet/Carlton County
COQ · KCOQ · Cloquet, Minnesota · Carlton County · map
Cloquet/Carlton County is a public-use airport owned by Carlton County, 3 miles southwest of Cloquet, Minnesota, 1,279 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCOQ · observed 3:35 pm CDT (20:35 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 11 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 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 KCOQ 062035Z AUTO 28011G15KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A2968 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 COQ · ICAO KCOQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Carlton County
- Elevation
- 1,279 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 3,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 122.15 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.45 | |
| Coq and aWOS-3 | 118.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 218-879-0783.
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 Cloquet from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Cloquet, Minnesota: 18 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 3 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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate odals runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Preferred calm wind runway.
- Noise abatement: avoid ovr flight of school and ofc buildings; 0.5 NM northwest departure end runway 36.
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.