Flying Cloud Airport

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 10R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 61 ft high 3,085 ft from the end
• Runway 28L: PAPI, four lights on the left
• Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the left
• Runway 28R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
• Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, tank 48 ft high 907 ft from the end
• Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 4 ft high 219 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 952-941-4156.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (11 nm east), Crystal Airport (15 nm north), Airlake Airport (16 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

• Deer, birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
• When the control tower closed activate or incr intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 10R; runway end identifier lights runway 28L, 18, and 36; PAPI runway 10R, 28L, 18, and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 10R/28L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
• Closed when the control tower closed.
• Runway 36 has 5 feet fence 129 feet from the runway end and 244 feet R.
• Runway 36 PAPI unusable beyond 6 degrees left of centerline.
• Airport closed to: jets not meeting far 36, jet training and aircraft with certificated mgtow higher than 60,000 pounds.
• Ultralight operations prohibited.
• Maintenance RUN-UPS are prohibited between 10:00 pm to 7:00 am local.
• When the control tower closed, snow removal operations monitor 119.15.
• Runway 10R is calm wind runway when the control tower closed.
• Taxiway 'D' closed from taxiway 'D2' to approach end runway 36 to aircraft with wingspans of 66 feet or greater.
• Taxiway a closed east of baron lane to aircraft with wingspans 54 feet or greater.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 130,951, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

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.

Aircraft registered in Minneapolis from the FAA register

170 aircraft are registered to owners in Minneapolis, Minnesota: 87 piston singles, 38 airliners and large jets, 15 business jets, 9 piston twins, 7 gliders. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Rangers Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Eden Prairie, 2 miles away
• Rt Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Shakopee, 4 miles away
• V-Tail Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Chanhassen, 5 miles away
• Mn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft · Minneapolis, 12 miles away Minnesota Helicopters Inc.
• Aero Flight Flying Club 1 aircraft · Minneapolis, 12 miles away Club Cherokee is a non-profit, equity-based flying club based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Nordic Flyers II LLC 2 aircraft · Plymouth, 13 miles away Nordic Plains Aviation is a Part 61 flight school operating at Fergus Falls Regional Airport (KFFM) and Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) in Minnesota.

Repair stations in Minneapolis:

• Delta Air Lines INC Delta TechOps is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider based in Atlanta, Georgia, serving Delta Air Lines and over 150 other aviation customers worldwide.
• Horizon Aircraft Engine Services INC
• Maxwell Aircraft Service INC Maxwell Aircraft Service is a repair station specializing in aircraft propeller and governor repair and overhaul.
• Msp Aero West Star Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider with locations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 59 since 1982, 5 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles