Blue Earth Municipal
SBU · KSBU · Blue Earth, Minnesota · Faribault County · map
Blue Earth Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Blue Earth, 3 miles south of Blue Earth, Minnesota, 1,107 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,400 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SBU · ICAO KSBU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Blue Earth
- Elevation
- 1,107 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,245 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Fairmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.75 |
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Aircraft registered in Blue Earth from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Blue Earth, Minnesota: 19 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone, 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 · 1 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
- Runway 03/21 closed winter months
- Runway 16-34 medium-intensity runway lights preset to low sunset to sunrise, to incr ints and activate PAPI runway 16 and runway 34, and runway end identifier lights runway 16 and runway 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel available with credit card
- Runway 16 has 4 feet brush 35 feet from the runway end and 154 feet left.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
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.