Anoka County-Blaine Airport

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Anoka County-Blaine Airport Janes Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KANE – FAA: ANE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Metropolitan Airports Commission
Serves		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location		Blaine, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		912 ft / 278 m
Coordinates		45°08′42″N 093°12′37″W / 45.145, -93.21028
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
18/36	4,855	1,480	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			195,650
Based aircraft			460
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Anoka County-Blaine Airport (ICAO: KANE, FAA LID: ANE), also known as Janes Field, is a public airport located in the city of Blaine in Anoka County, Minnesota, about 10 miles (16 km) north of the central business district of Minneapolis. It is owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Anoka County-Blaine Airport is assigned ANE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Anoka County-Blaine Airport covers an area of 1,900 acres (769 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,855 x 100 ft. (1,480 x 30 m).^[1]

The non-federal control tower is open 0700-2100 local time in winter months (from October to April) and 0700-2200 local time in summer months (from May to September).

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 195,650 aircraft operations, an average of 536 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 460 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% jet and 1% helicopter.^[1]

The airport is home to two aviation museums, the Golden Wings Museum^[3], and the American Wings Air Museum^[4].