Ely Municipal Airport
47°49′28″N 091°49′51″W / 47.82444°N 91.83083°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Ely | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ely, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,456 ft / 444 m | ||||||||||
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  ELO Location of airport in Minnesota / United States  ELO ELO (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Ely Municipal Airport (IATA: LYU, ICAO: KELO, FAA LID: ELO) is a public airport located in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, four miles south of the city of Ely, which owns the airport.[1]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Ely Municipal Airport is ELO to the FAA and LYU to the IATA (Eldorado, Misiones, Argentina has IATA code ELO).
Facilities[edit]
The airport covers 560 acres (230 ha); has one runway, 12/30, which is 5,596 x 100 ft (1,706 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface.
For the year ending May 31, 2014 the airport had 8,200 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.
In January 2017, there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]
Past airline service[edit]
From 1995 through 2002 Mesaba Airlines, operating as Northwest Airlink on behalf of Northwest Airlines, provided services between Ely and Minneapolis/Saint Paul during the summer months. The once daily flight was operated with a Saab 340 aircraft.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- "Minnesota Airport Directory: Ely Municipal Airport (ELO)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-02-06. (229 KB)
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ELO
- AirNav airport information for KELO
- ASN accident history for LYU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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