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K8Y6 · Leaders Clear Lake Airport

FAA-LID · US · 8 NTSB events

ID K8Y6 Elev 990 ft Lat 45° 26.62' N Lon 93° 58.22' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,000 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 180° 3,000 ft 150 ft COM No 0.00%
36 360° 3,000 ft 150 ft COM No 0.00%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 1 frequencies

  • CTAF CTAF 122.900

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open K8Y6 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 5 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (5 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
  • ·SFC UNEVEN & ROUGH WITH LOOSE GRVL.
  • ·SVRL BARE SPOTS ALG THE CNTR OF THE RWY.
  • ·RY 18/36 AND DISPLACED THRESHOLDS MKD WITH YELLOW CONES.
  • ·RWY 18: TREES +50, 750 FM END, 135 R, 20:1 TO DISPL THLD +20 FT TREES, 463 FT DIST, 159 FT L, 16:1 TO DTHR.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

8 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

11

since 1982

Fatal

1

9.1% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Undershoot / overshoot 1

All time · n=8

  • Other 4
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2019-11-23 Bellanca 1730 · Under/overshoot · VMC · night →
2006-07-01 Cessna A185E · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2005-04-13 Cessna 310 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2002-01-20 Piper PA-18 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2001-09-25 Aeronca 7EC · Other · VMC · day →
1990-02-09 Cessna 150 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-08-22 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · night →
1987-02-07 Cessna 150K · Other · VMC · day →

Designees in MN

CFI Flight Instructors 1,839 A&P Mechanics 4,413 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 39 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 7 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 8 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 5 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 8 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 23 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 18 ODA Organizational Designations 2 Schools Flight Schools 44 FBO Fixed Base Operators 81 Clubs Flying Clubs 28 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 3 EAA EAA Chapters 27

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Steven Leroy Anderson Saint Cloud MN 7 nm
James Nobel Shadduck Maple Lake MN 13 nm
Barbara Ann Mack Blaine MN 36 nm
Mary Kristen Alverson Minneapolis MN 41 nm
Matthew Allen Bradway Minneapolis MN 41 nm
Jacob William Fielstra Eden Prairie MN 42 nm
Sanjay Sundar Sujanani Lakeville MN 55 nm
George Phillip Felix Siren WI 70 nm
Thomas Paul Burns Stanton MN 74 nm
Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert Mankato MN 76 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Daniel Walter Wampach Becker MN 5 nm
Deland Bruce Olson Becker MN 5 nm
Alan Joseph Woehrle Becker MN 5 nm
Samuel Jeremy Seifert Becker MN 5 nm
Sheldon Kennedy Atwood Becker MN 5 nm
Ashley Mae Volk Becker MN 5 nm
Neil John Meyer Saint Cloud MN 7 nm
Russell James Portele Saint Cloud MN 7 nm
Kenneth Wayne Raiber Saint Cloud MN 7 nm
Steven Robert Reisdorf Saint Cloud MN 7 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Craig M Lieberg Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Kurt William Leaders Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Chase Nicholas Leaders Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Jeffrey Allen Bluhm Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Lee Curtis Wilson Clear Lake MN 1 nm
George Joseph Tischbirek Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Michael Byron Rolf Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Steven Dale Weese Clear Lake MN 1 nm
Bryan Paul Kelly Clearwater MN 4 nm
Jonathan Arnold Parker Clearwater MN 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
RC Avionics, Inc.
Blaine, MN
 37 nm
Twin Cities Aviation, Inc.
Blaine, MN
 37 nm
Perceptive Avionics
New Richmond, WI
 63 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Menomonie, WI
 84 nm
Aviation Resources
Cumberland, WI
 84 nm
Park Rapids Avionics
Park Rapids, MN
 99 nm
Kindred Aircraft Maintenance
Kindred, ND
 146 nm
Spencer Avionics, Inc.
Spencer, IA
 147 nm
Chapin Aircraft Repair
Rock Rapids, IA
 153 nm
Satnan Avionics
Sioux Falls, SD
 162 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.