KAEL · Albert Lea Municipal Airport

ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA · SMALL AIRPORT

1,260

Elevation ft

Runways

5,000

Longest ft · 17/35

43.68N

93.37W

Albert Lea Municipal Airport serves Albert Lea, Minnesota at 1,260 ft elevation with its longest runway, 17/35, at 5,000 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
17/35	5,000 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
05/23	2,898 × 75 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,260 ft is about 12°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 12°C)	1,260 ft	2,684 ft	2,243 ft	3,364 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,460 ft	2,918 ft	2,370 ft	3,554 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,660 ft	3,152 ft	2,496 ft	3,744 ft
35°C afternoon	3,962 ft	3,211 ft	2,528 ft	3,792 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (17/35, 5,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,792 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KAEL is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KOWA Owatonna Degner Regional Airport	27 nm N	5,500 ft
KFXY Forest City Municipal Airport	29 nm SW	5,796 ft
KMCW Mason City Municipal Airport	31 nm S	6,501 ft
KRST Rochester International Airport	40 nm E	9,034 ft
KMKT Mankato Regional Airport	40 nm NW	6,600 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KAEL

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KAEL, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KAEL or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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