Lake Elmo Airport is a public airport located just outside the city of Lake Elmo in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, about 12 miles east of the central business district of St. Paul. Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned 21D by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA or ICAO. It is home to the Civil Air Patrol squadron NCR-MN-122. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. In 2022, the airport opened a new runway 14/32 which is 3,500 ft long, it replaced an old runway which was 2,849 ft long.

Facilities and aircraft

Lake Elmo covers an area of 640 acre at an elevation of 932 ft above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways; 14/32 is 3,500 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m), and 4/22 is 2,496 by 75 feet (761 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, the airport had 26,498 aircraft operations, an average of 73 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 1% military. In August 2022, there were 169 aircraft based at this airport: 162 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, and 3 helicopter.

Superfund Site

The Lake Elmo Airport is connected to the contamination at the Baytown Township Ground Water Plume Superfund site. The site is listed due to trichloroethylene contamination of a groundwater aquifer used for local drinking water supplies.