Steam Boat Bay
M16 · East Gull Lake, Minnesota · Cass County · map
Steam Boat Bay is a public-use airfield, 4 miles west of East Gull Lake, Minnesota, 1,197 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M16
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,197 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- buoy
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2014
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18W/36W | 7,657 × 725 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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 East Gull Lake from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in East Gull Lake, Minnesota: 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records · 5 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
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.