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Ely Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 47°49′28″N 091°49′51″W / 47.82444°N 91.83083°W / 47.82444; -91.83083
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47°49′28″N 091°49′51″W / 47.82444°N 91.83083°W / 47.82444; -91.83083

Ely Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Ely
ServesEly, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL1,456 ft / 444 m
Map
ELO is located in Minnesota
ELO
ELO
Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
ELO is located in the United States
ELO
ELO
ELO (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,596 1,706 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014)8,200
Based aircraft (2017)14

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for ELO PDF, effective Jan 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Northwest Airlines timetables
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  • "Minnesota Airport Directory: Ely Municipal Airport (ELO)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-02-06. (229 KB)
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