Fairmont State Airport
FMZ · KFMZ · Fairmont, Nebraska · Fillmore County · map
Fairmont State Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Fairmont, Nebraska, 1,636 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 4,317 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FMZ · ICAO KFMZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,636 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,317 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,021 × 60 ft | Concrete, poor |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Hastings and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.4 |
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Aircraft registered in Fairmont from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairmont, Nebraska: 1 piston single. 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 Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Amgr residence on airport.
- Sgfnt cracks, spalls, and ALKALI-SILICA reactivity.
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.