Paynesville Municipal
PEX · KPEX · Paynesville, Minnesota · Stearns County · map
Paynesville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Paynesville, 1 mile southwest of Paynesville, Minnesota, 1,183 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,302 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KPEX · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 12 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°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 KPEX 061935Z AUTO 28012G16KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A2978 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 PEX · ICAO KPEX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Paynesville
- Elevation
- 1,183 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,302 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Pex and aWOS-3PT | 120.35 | |
| Darwin and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-243-4538.
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 Paynesville from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Paynesville, Minnesota: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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
- See asp case 99-AGL-1410-NRA.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; PAPI runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
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.