Richard B Helgeson Airport
TWM · KTWM · Two Harbors, Minnesota · Lake County · map
Richard B Helgeson Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Two Harbors, 4 miles northwest of Two Harbors, Minnesota, 1,073 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 4,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KTWM · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 8 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.64 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 KTWM 061935Z AUTO 26008G15KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A2964 RMK AO2 T02160115
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 TWM · ICAO KTWM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Two Harbors
- Elevation
- 1,073 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1970
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,581 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: trees 9 ft high 113 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.45 | |
| Twm and aWOS-3PT | 119.325 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through dlh clearance delivery and flight services. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-834-6591.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Two Harbors from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Two Harbors, Minnesota: 14 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
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through dlh clearance delivery and flight services.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 6/24 preset to low sunset to sunrise. Incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 06, 24; PAPI runway 6, 24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Closed winter months except ski equipped aircraft.
- Runway 15/33 marked with yellow cones.
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.