Northwest Angle Airport
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Lehr & Davis Properties | ||||||||||
| Serves | Angle Inlet, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,071 ft / 326 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°21′4.99″N 095°04′15.86″W / 49.3513861°N 95.0710722°W | ||||||||||
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Northwest Angle Airport (FAA LID: 58MN) is a privately owned, private-use airport located in Angle Inlet, a township in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It is the northernmost airport in the contiguous United States.
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Northwest Angle Airport covers an area of 18 acres which contains a runway designated 8/26 with a 2,380 x 105 ft (715 x 32 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending August 3, 1979, the airport had 400 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per month: 100% general aviation. At that time there weren't any aircraft based at this airport.[1]
History
[edit]The airport was built as part of a resort in 1965 by Norman Carlson. In 1995 the airport was closed to public use due to liability concerns.[citation needed] In 2012 a preliminary airport feasibility study was conducted to determine whether there was demand for a new public airport. A second airport feasibility study identified six possible sites for a public airport including the existing airport. Three potential sites were found potentially economically, aeronautically, and environmentally feasible. A third airport feasibility study completed additional tasks to refine estimated costs for a proposed airport.[2]
Lake of the Woods County Commissioners on June 16, 2015 selected a site one to 1.5 miles southeast of downtown Angle Inlet to build a new airport that will open the remote area of northern Minnesota to general aviation.[3] The airport feasibility studies refer to this location as site 3.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 58MN PDF, effective 2010-07-29
- ^ a b "Northwest Angle Airport, Feasibility Study – Phase 3 (Preliminary Engineering), Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "AOPA News: New Airport Site Selected". Retrieved 2019-03-14.
External links
[edit]- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 58MN
- AirNav airport information for 58MN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 58MN