Ely Municipal
ELO · KELO · Ely, Minnesota · St Louis County · map
Ely Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ely, 4 miles south of Ely, Minnesota, 1,456 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,596 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KELO · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (20°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.67 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 KELO 062155Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A2967 RMK AO2 T02040109
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 ELO · ICAO KELO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ely
- Elevation
- 1,456 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 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: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,596 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 90 ft high 2,760 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Duluth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.9 | |
| Elo and aWOS-3PT | 132.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-365-3814.
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 Ely from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Ely, Minnesota: 9 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 · 5 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
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset low intst.
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.