Wells Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use
airport located three
nautical mile
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s (6
km) west of the
central business district
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of
Wells
Wells most commonly refers to:
* Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England
* Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground
* Wells (name)
Wells may also refer to:
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*Wells, British Columbia
England
* Wells ...
, a city in
Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.
Facilities and aircraft
Land was purchased in 1964 and the Wells Municipal Airport opened in August 1966.
Wells Municipal Airport covers an area of 45
acre
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s (18
ha) at an
elevation of 1,119 feet (341 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 17/35 with a
turf surface measuring 2,897 by 165 feet (883 x 50 m).
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2019, the airport had 6,000
general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 115 per week. At that time there were eight aircraft based at this airport, all single-
engine.
A North American F-86L, serial 53-0719, serves as a gate guard at the airport entrance.
See also
*
List of airports in Minnesota
This is a list of airports in the U.S. state of Minnesota, grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports t ...
References
External links
Airport pageat City of Wells website
Wells Municipal Airport (68Y)at
Minnesota DOT
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT, ) oversees transportation by all modes including land, water, air, rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The cabinet-level agency is responsible for maintaining the state' ...
Airport Directory
Aerial image as of April 1991from
USGS ''
The National Map''
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{{Airports in Minnesota
Airports in Minnesota
Transportation in Faribault County, Minnesota