Lake Elmo Airport

Lake Elmo Airport
2006 USGS Orthophoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 21D
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Metropolitan Airports Commission
Location	Baytown Township, Washington County, near Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	932 ft / 284.1 m
Coordinates	44°59′51″N 92°51′20″W / 44.99750°N 92.85556°W / 44.99750; -92.85556Coordinates: 44°59′51″N 92°51′20″W / 44.99750°N 92.85556°W / 44.99750; -92.85556
Map
21D Show map of Minnesota 21D Show map of the US Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 2,849 869 Asphalt 4/22 2,496 761 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2010) 74,227 Based aircraft (2017) 194
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Lake Elmo Airport (FAA LID: 21D) is a public airport located just outside the city of Lake Elmo in Washington County, Minnesota, about 12 miles east of the central business district (CBD) of St. Paul. The airport covers 640 acres (259 ha) and has two runways. There are 74,227 takeoffs and landings annually and 194 aircraft are based at the facility. It is also home to a Civil Air Patrol squadron.

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces

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.