Faribault Muni-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
FBL · KFBL · Faribault, Minnesota · Rice County · map
Faribault Muni-Liz Wall Strohfus Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Faribault, 3 miles northwest of Faribault, Minnesota, 1,060 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 4,257 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFBL · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 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 KFBL 062155Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A2976 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 FBL · ICAO KFBL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Faribault
- Elevation
- 1,060 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; October to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; October to April, Saturday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,257 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,300 × 175 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 14 ft high 227 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 230 ft
- Runway 19: trees 30 ft high 84 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.7 | |
| Fbl and aWOS-3 | 120.2 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through msp clearance delivery and flight services. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 507-332-2505.
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 Faribault from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Faribault, Minnesota: 50 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 glider, 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.
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 · 14 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
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through msp clearance delivery and flight services.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset to low; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and runway 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel with credit card.
- Runway 01/19 marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 01/19 marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 12 PAPI operate continuously.
- Runway 30 PAPI operate continuously.
- Runway 30 road +14, 580 from end, 280R, approach slope 57:1 from displaced thld.
- Ultralights and gliders use taxiway and extended taxiway parallel to runway 12/30. Ultralights and gliders using taxiway fly pattern on 'NE' side of runway 12/30.
- When landing on runway 12, be alert for turbulence and poss windshear when winds are out of the south.
- Runway 01-19 not plowed winter months. Open for skiplanes.
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.