| Fairmont Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | FRM |
| Icao: | KFRM |
| Faa: | FRM |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Fairmont |
| City-Served: | Fairmont, Minnesota |
| Elevation-F: | 1,162 |
| Elevation-M: | 354 |
| Coordinates: | 43.6439°N -94.4156°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Minnesota#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Minnesota/United States |
| Pushpin Label: | FRM |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,505 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,678 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 2/20 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,300 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1,006 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2008 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 9,400 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 30 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Fairmont Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Fairmont, a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.
The airport at this location was dedicated in 1951.[2]
Fairmont Municipal Airport covers an area of 229acres at an elevation of 1,162 feet (354 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 5,505 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m) and 2/20 is 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2008, the airport had 9,400 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 91% general aviation, 7% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 3% jet and 3% ultralight.
In 1959 North Central Airlines began scheduled service using Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The flight route was from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, Mankato, Fairmont, Worthington, and Sioux Falls, SD. Scheduled service by various commuter airlines continued until 1996.[3]