Stanton Airfield
SYN · KSYN · Stanton, Minnesota · Goodhue County · map
Stanton Airfield is a public-use airport owned by Stanton Sport Aviation INC, 1 mile east of Stanton, Minnesota, 920 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 2,582 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Stanton Airfield?
Its FAA code is SYN, and its ICAO code is KSYN.
Where is Stanton Airfield?
It is 1 mile east of Stanton, Minnesota, 920 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Stanton Airfield?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 2,582 feet long.
Does Stanton Airfield have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Stanton Airfield?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas.
Are there flight schools at Stanton Airfield?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Minnesota Soaring Club and Southern Minnesota Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Stanton Airfield?
10 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Stanton Airfield…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SYN · ICAO KSYN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Stanton Sport Aviation INC
- Elevation
- 920 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 400 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,582 × 200 ft | Grass, good | |
| 09/27 | 1,996 × 180 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: crops 8 ft high 5 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 300 ft, road 18 ft high 59 ft from the end
- Runway 27: crops 8 ft high 3 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Syn and aWOS-3 | 119.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 507-664-3806.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Airlake Airport (13 nm northwest), Faribault Muni-Liz Wall Strohfus Field (15 nm southwest), Wipline Seaplane Base (21 nm north), South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field (23 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Glider operations SFC-8000 feet above sea level on and in the vicinity of airport durg daylight hours on weekends except winter months.
- Pattern altitude: 400 feet above ground level ultralight, 800 feet above ground level gliders.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with yellow cones.
- Seasonal crops: runway 27 slp 0:1 when crops prsnt.
- Seasonal crops: runway 18 slp 0:1 when crops prsnt.
- Approach slp 20:1 to dthr.
- Crosswind runway ends not vsb to each otr when crops present.
- Not plowed winter months.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Stanton from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Stanton, Minnesota: 8 piston singles, 7 gliders. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Minnesota Soaring Club 4 aircraft · Stanton Minnesota Soaring Club is a flying club founded in 1959 based at Stanton Airfield, 30 miles south of Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
- Southern Minnesota Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Northfield, 8 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 18 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Stanton, MN (0 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (15 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (26 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (28 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (28 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (39 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato Regional Airport · Mankato, MN (42 nm) · (507) 469-4431 · [email protected]
- Jason Russell Ceminsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato, MN (42 nm) · (507) 779-2118 · [email protected]
All 64 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Stanton 15 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 7 gliders
- Stanton Sport Aviation 3 aircraft in town
- Stanton Sport Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Minnesota Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Minnesota Soaring Club 2 aircraft in town
- Minnesota Soaring Club 4 aircraft · flying club
- Southern Minnesota Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SYN.json.
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 23, 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.