Princeton Municipal Airport | |
Icao: | KPNM |
Faa: | PNM |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Princeton |
City-Served: | Princeton, Minnesota |
Elevation-F: | 980 |
Elevation-M: | 299 |
Coordinates: | 45.56°N -93.6083°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Minnesota#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Minnesota/United States |
Pushpin Label: | PNM |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
R1-Number: | 15/33 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,900 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,189 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2005 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 13,300 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 34 |
Footnotes: | Sources: Minnesota DOT,[1] FAA[2] |
Princeton Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Princeton, a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems 2015–2019, which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNM by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]
The airport was purchased on March 29, 1985 by the principals; Dick. Naomi and Ken Nierenberg.[5] The Federal Aviation Administration relocated the flight service station (FSS) for Minnesota to Princeton in 1987. The airport was completely renovated in 1988.[6]
Princeton Municipal Airport covers an area of 304acres at an elevation of 980 feet (299 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,900 by 75 feet (1,189 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2005, the airport had 13,300 aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 8% ultralight.