Flying Cloud Airport
FCM · KFCM · Minneapolis, Minnesota · Hennepin County · map
Flying Cloud Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Metropolitan Airport Cmsn, 11 miles southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 906 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 10R/28L, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 294 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 130,951 takeoffs and landings a year. About 388 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFCM · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.73 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 KFCM 062153Z VRB04G14KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP063 T02720078
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 FCM · ICAO KFCM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Metropolitan Airport Cmsn
- Elevation
- 906 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, 1st sunday in nov-2nd saturday in mar; 6:00 am to 10:00 pm, 2nd sunday in mar-1st saturday in nov.
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 3,901 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,690 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- 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
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Runway 10R/28L; South | 119.15 | Flying Cloud |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.9 | Flying Cloud |
| Ground · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.7 | Flying Cloud |
| Tower North; Runway 10L/28R | 125.2 | Flying Cloud |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (COULT) · Departure procedure (KBREW) | 134.7 | Flying Cloud |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Flying Cloud |
| Twolf and star | 126.95 | Flying Cloud |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 952-941-4156.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
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.
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 Minneapolis from the FAA register
171 aircraft are registered to owners in Minneapolis, Minnesota: 87 piston singles, 38 airliners and large jets, 15 business jets, 10 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.