Little Falls/Morrison County Airport

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Little Falls/Morrison County Airport Lindbergh Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KLXL – FAA: LXL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Little Falls & Morrison County
Serves		Little Falls, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		1,122 ft / 342 m
Coordinates		45°56′59″N 094°20′51″W / 45.94972, -94.3475
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
18/36	2,890	881	Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			22,450
Based aircraft			43
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Little Falls/Morrison County Airport (ICAO: KLXL, FAA LID: LXL), also known as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Little Falls, a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the City of Little Falls and Morrison County.^[1]

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

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Little Falls/Morrison County Airport covers an area of 290 acres (117 ha) which contains two runways: 13/31 with a 4,000 x 75 ft. (1,219 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 18/36 with a 2,890 x 170 ft. (881 x 52 m) turf surface.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 22,450 aircraft operations, an average of 61 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine, 2% helicopter and 2% ultralight.^[1]