Minden Airport
MNE · KMNE · Minden, Louisiana · Webster County · map
Minden Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Minden, 2 miles northwest of Minden, Louisiana, 278 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KMNE · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KMNE 062015Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A2994 RMK AO2
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 MNE · ICAO KMNE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Minden
- Elevation
- 278 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,022 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,004 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 53 ft high 1,583 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 28 ft high 291 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 123.75 | |
| Mne and aWOS-3PT | 119.325 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 135.075 | · Gco available on frequency 135.075 through bad rapcon. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 318-371-7874.
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 Minden from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Minden, Louisiana: 15 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 through bad rapcon.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.