Glenwood Municipal
GHW · KGHW · Glenwood, Minnesota · Pope County · map
Glenwood Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Glenwood, 3 miles east of Glenwood, Minnesota, 1,394 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KGHW · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.78 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 KGHW 062155Z AUTO 31012KT 10SM CLR 25/09 A2978 RMK AO2 T02500089
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 GHW · ICAO KGHW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Glenwood
- Elevation
- 1,394 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,778 × 196 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 05: other 8 ft high 139 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Ghw and aWOS-3 | 118.925 | |
| Apt Remark 4 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-634-5660.
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 Glenwood from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Glenwood, Minnesota: 11 piston singles, 2 business jets, 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 · 3 since 1982, 2 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
- Runway 05/23 not plowed winter months.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; to increase intst and activate PAPI runway 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel available 24 hour with credit card.
- Runway 05-23 marked with yellow cones
- Irrigation boom.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
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.