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St. James Municipal

JYG · KJYG · St James, Minnesota · Watonwan County · map

St. James Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of St James, 3 miles east of St James, Minnesota, 1,068 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,999 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA JYG · ICAO KJYG
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of St James
Elevation
1,068 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
Omaha sectional
Magnetic variation
1E
In the FAA's files since
January 1985

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1533N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
15/333,999 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
  • Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq121.725
Jyg and aWOS-3PT123.7
Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low127.75

Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 507-375-7105.

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Aircraft registered in St James from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list St James, MN as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

2025-05-10CEN25LA174 · Piper Aircraft INC Pa-44-180 N453MK · accident · no injuries
2024-07-12CEN24LA267 · Covington Edward L Sha-Glasair N3EC · accident · no injuries

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

  • Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Fuel available H24 via credit card.
  • Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
  • Runway 33 RT of center line from app end -120 to -183 feet cattails in primary surface
  • Arrival/departure building aces code from ramp: 1215#; aces code from parking lot: 1215.

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.