Wheaton Municipal
ETH · KETH · Wheaton, Minnesota · Traverse County · map
Wheaton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wheaton, 3 miles southwest of Wheaton, Minnesota, 1,023 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,298 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KETH · observed 3:13 pm CDT (20:13 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.79 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 KETH 062013Z AUTO 28008KT 250V310 10SM CLR 26/09 A2979 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 ETH · ICAO KETH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wheaton
- Elevation
- 1,023 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 976 feet above the airport
- 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
- April 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,298 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 1,953 × 175 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Eth and aWOS-3 | 118.775 | |
| Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-563-4975.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Wheaton from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Wheaton, Minnesota: 2 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 16/34 medium-intensity runway lights preset to low intst. To incr intst and activate PAPI runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Not plowed winter months.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- PAPI 34 unusable beyond 8 degree left of course.
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.