Fairmont Municipal
FRM · KFRM · Fairmont, Minnesota · Martin County · map
Fairmont Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fairmont, 2 miles southeast of Fairmont, Minnesota, 1,162 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFRM · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 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 KFRM 062056Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 29/07 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP088 T02890072 56014
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 FRM · ICAO KFRM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fairmont
- Elevation
- 1,162 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, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,505 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,301 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 9 ft high 405 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Frm and aWOS-3PT | 120.025 | |
| Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 507-618-7358.
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 Fairmont from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairmont, Minnesota: 20 piston singles, 4 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 · 4 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
- Migratory bird hazard spring and fall; gulls on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 preset to low ints, to incr ints and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 02, 13, and 20; PAPI runway 02, 13, 20, and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Jet a and 100LL available 24 hours with credit card.
- Weeds growing through large cracks.
- For taxiway lights key 122.8 3 times for 30% and 7 times for 100%.
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.