| Ely Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: LYU – ICAO: KELO – FAA LID: ELO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Ely | ||
| Serves | Ely, Minnesota | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,456 ft / 444 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 5,600 | 1,707 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 8,200 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Ely Municipal Airport (IATA: LYU, ICAO: KELO, FAA LID: ELO) is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Ely, a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ely Municipal Airport is assigned ELO by the FAA and LYU by the IATA[2] (which assigned ELO to Eldorado, Misiones, Argentina[3]).
Ely Municipal Airport covers an area of 560 acres (230 ha) and contains one runway designated 12/30 with a 5,600 x 100 ft (1,707 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2006, the airport had 8,200 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]