Runways at KFBL
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field has one runway: 12/30 - 1,298 m long (4,257 ft), 23 m wide, asphalt surface.
Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field (KFBL / FBL)
United States · elevation 1060 ft AMSL
· 44.3284, -93.3125
About Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field is an airport with the ICAO code KFBL and the IATA code FBL. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Faribault. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KF prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KFBL is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code FBL is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 44°19'42"N, 93°18'45"W, at an elevation of 1,060 ft (323 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Chicago.
Satellite view of KFBL
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KFBL
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 120° | 1,298 m (4,257 ft) | 23 m (75 ft) | asphalt |
| 30 | 300° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KFBL for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 26,006 METAR reports issued by KFBL in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 77% of the time, MVFR 14% and IFR or LIFR 9%. Best month for VFR flying: July (88% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: December (23%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 14:00 UTC (12% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 01:00 UTC (5%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 20 days a year on average, most often in December. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 23 days a year on average, and snowfall on 44.
The wind most often blows from S (180°) - 11% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 21% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 2%. Warmest month: July (average high 28.1 °C); coldest: January (average low -10.8 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 77%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 9%
- Avg high
- 14.7 °C
- Avg low
- 4.3 °C
- Fog days
- 20
- Thunderstorm days
- 23
- Snow days
- 44
- Prevailing wind
- S · 11%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 2%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 77%
- MVFR 14%
- IFR 6%
- LIFR 3%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 21%
Most often: S - 11% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0 | -10.8 | 54% | 22% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| February | 0.1 | -9.8 | 79% | 7% | 0.4 | 0 | 5.7 |
| March | 7.5 | -3.4 | 80% | 8% | 0 | 1 | 7.8 |
| April | 14.3 | 3.2 | 77% | 7% | 0.3 | 2 | 4 |
| May | 22.7 | 9.9 | 87% | 2% | 1 | 3.7 | 0 |
| June | 26.9 | 15.8 | 85% | 5% | 1 | 4.3 | 0 |
| July | 28.1 | 17.0 | 88% | 2% | 0.7 | 4.7 | 0 |
| August | 26.6 | 16.2 | 85% | 4% | 2 | 4.3 | 0 |
| September | 25.3 | 13.0 | 87% | 5% | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| October | 17.9 | 6.9 | 85% | 6% | 1.7 | 1 | 1 |
| November | 7.9 | -1.0 | 71% | 11% | 1.7 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 0.8 | -7.3 | 50% | 23% | 4.8 | 0 | 11 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 12/30 on 120° and 300° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 12/30 axis, wind from the south-west (around 210°) or from the north-east (around 30°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 120° or 300° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KFBL
Weather reports for Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field are published under the ICAO code KFBL. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KFBL report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KFBL, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Chicago zone is GMT-06:00 in winter and GMT-05:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA, 23 km), Stanton Airfield (Dennison) (KSYN, 29 km), Airlake Airport (Minneapolis) (KLVN, 34 km). When no report is available for KFBL, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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