Flying Cloud Airport

Flying Cloud Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Flying Cloud Airport
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IATA = FCM
ICAO = KFCM
type = Public
owner =
operator = Metropolitan Airports Commission
city-served =
location = Eden Prairie, Minnesota
elevation-f = 906
elevation-m = 276.1
coordinates = Coord|44|49|38|N|93|27|26|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline,title
website =
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r1-number = 10L/28R
r1-length-f = 3,599
r1-length-m = 1,097
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 10R/28L
r2-length-f = 3,909
r2-length-m = 1,191
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 18/36
r3-length-f = 2,691
r3-length-m = 820
r3-surface = Asphalt
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Flying Cloud Airport Airport codes|FCM|KFCM is a public airport located in the city of Eden Prairie in Hennepin County, Minnesota, about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Minneapolis. The airport covers convert|543|acre|ha|0|lk=on and has three runways.

The airport was created in 1941 when the United States Navy was training pilots for World War II. The Navy made arrangements with a local farmer, Martin "Pappy" Grill, to use a grass landing strip. Pilots flying from Wold-Chamberlain Airport, now Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, would use this field for practicing approaches. After the war, Grill sold the field and some adjoining land to American Aviation, Inc. John Stuber gave the field its name "Flying Cloud Airport" to reflect local Indian lore and flying. The Metropolitan Airports Commission bought the airport in 1948 and paved the runway. The MAC built a control tower in 1963. By 1966, it was ranked the second-busiest airport in the central United States behind Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. In 1968, with 446,198 takeoffs and landings, it was the ninth-busiest airport in the United States. [cite web|url=http://www.edenprairie.org/vCurrent/live/article.asp?r=1549|title=History of the Airport|publisher=City of Eden Prairie|accessdate=2008-04-22]

Because of the airport's proximity to the Valleyfair amusement park, the park's rides are restricted in height by FAA regulations.

References

*FAA-airport|ID=FCM|use=PU|own=PU|site=10827.*A
* [http://www.mspairport.com/Relievers/Flying_Cloud/default.aspx MSP Reliever Airports: Flying Cloud Airport]

External links

*PDF| [http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/mplsfcm.pdf Minnesota Airport Directory: Flying Cloud Airport] |364 KiB
*FAA-diagram|05094


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