St. Cloud Sky Central Airport
STC · KSTC · St Cloud, Minnesota · Sherburne County · map
St. Cloud Sky Central Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles east of St Cloud, Minnesota, 1,030 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 7,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSTC · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 13 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm CDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm CDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSTC 061853Z 26013G19KT 10SM CLR 26/10 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP081 T02560100
TAF KSTC 061720Z 0618/0718 26010KT P6SM FEW250 FM062200 29008KT P6SM FEW250 FM070400 32004KT P6SM FEW250 FM071400 29007KT P6SM SKC
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 STC · ICAO KSTC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,030 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1970
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 7,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 500 ft, 7,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.25 | St Cloud |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.375 | St Cloud |
| Ground | 123.75 | St Cloud |
| Princeton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 121.05 | St Cloud |
| Stc and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 320-200-1187.
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Aircraft registered in St Cloud from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in St Cloud, Minnesota: 2 piston singles. 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 · 21 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 31 calm wind runway.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI 13 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 preset on low intst, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 05/23 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 13/31 200 feet blast pad each end.
- Deer, migratory waterfowl, and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Flight training on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Crop dusting operations on and in vicinity of airport during summer months.
- Helipad not visible from the control tower and approach surfaces.
- Line of sight visibility is restricted from the 13 and 23 approach and runway 13 and 5 approach
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.