Glencoe Municipal
GYL · KGYL · Glencoe, Minnesota · Mc Leod County · map
Glencoe Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Glencoe, 3 miles southeast of Glencoe, Minnesota, 992 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KGYL · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 13 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 44°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 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 KGYL 062015Z AUTO 29013G17KT 10SM CLR 29/06 A2977 RMK AO2 T02870064
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 GYL · ICAO KGYL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Glencoe
- Elevation
- 992 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.7 | |
| Gyl and aWOS-3 | 119.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-864-5830.
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 Glencoe from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Glencoe, Minnesota: 7 piston singles, 3 drones, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 5 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- 3 feet pole, 0 feet dist, 225 feet L.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.