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. It has about 8 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,900 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Wheaton Municipal?
Its FAA code is ETH, and its ICAO code is KETH.
Where is Wheaton Municipal?
It is 3 miles southwest of Wheaton, Minnesota, 1,023 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Wheaton Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 3,298 feet long.
Does Wheaton Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wheaton Municipal?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Morris Muni/Charlie Schmidt Field (28 nm southeast), Harry Stern Airport (28 nm north), Ortonville Muni/Martinson Field (29 nm south), Fergus Falls Regional (34 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Herman Municipal (16 nm east), Sisseton Municipal (20 nm west), Elbow Lake Muni/Pride Of The Prairie Airport (26 nm northeast), Morris Muni/Charlie Schmidt Field (28 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 6 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 900 |
| general aviation, local | 3,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wheaton 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ETH.json.
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 27, 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.