St. Cloud Regional Airport

St. Cloud Regional Airport (IATA: STC, ICAO: KSTC, FAA LID: STC) is a public-use airport in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States, and owned by the St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority.^[2] It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of the central business district of the City of St.Cloud The airport serves private, commercial, corporate, cargo and military operations. Mostly used for general aviation, it is also served by commercial airlines.

St. Cloud Regional Airport
IATA: STC ICAO: KSTC FAA LID: STC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of St. Cloud
Serves	St. Cloud, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL	1,031 ft / 314 m
Coordinates	45°32′48″N 094°03′36″W / 45.54667°N 94.06000°W / 45.54667; -94.06000
Website	www.StCloudAirport.com
Map
STC Location of airport in Minnesota Show map of Minnesota STC STC (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 7,500 2,286 Concrete 5/23 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2018) 30,045 ^[1] Based aircraft (2020) 109
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[2]

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 20,161 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 14,294 enplanements in 2009, and 1,198 in 2010. Mesaba Airlines, operating flights for Delta Connection, ended service to Minneapolis/St. Paul on December 31, 2009. Allegiant Air began service to Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport, AZ on December 15, 2012, also serviced Orlando/Sanford, FL from 2013-2014 and Destin, FL in 2021, and seasonally services Fort Myers/Punta Gorda Airport, FL since 2017. SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, operated flights from St. Cloud to Chicago O'Hare International Airport from May 2014 to April 2015. The flights were suspended due to "poor performance in the market."^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

St. Cloud Regional Airport covers an area of 1,414 acres (572 ha) at an elevation of 1,031 feet (314 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 7,500 by 150 feet (2,286 x 46 m) with a concrete surface and 5/23 is 3,000 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.^[2]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2015, the airport had 28,740 aircraft operations, an average of 79 per day: 84% general aviation, 13% military, 1% air taxi and 2% scheduled commercial. In January 2017, there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 63 single-engine, 12 military, 13 jet, 3 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Allegiant Air	Phoenix/Mesa Seasonal: Punta Gorda (FL)	^[4]^[5]

Statistics

Busiest routes from STC
(December 2022 - November 2023)^[6]

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	Phoenix/Mesa, AZ	12,000	Allegiant
2	Punta Gorda, FL	6,000	Allegiant

History

In 2020 the airport received a $1,092,430 CARES Act award.^[7][8]

See also

• List of airports in Minnesota
• St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission
• St. Cloud station

References

1. . Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Archived from the original on Jan 1, 2018.
2. FAA Airport Form 5010 for STC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Jan 5, 2017.
3. "Airline to suspend Chicago flights in April". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
4. "Allegiant Route Map". Allegiant Airlines. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
5. Moore, Janet (10 November 2023). "Allegiant service from St. Cloud to Phoenix area to continue year-round". Star Tribune. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
6. "St Cloud Regional (STC) Summary Statistics". July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
7. Uren, Adam (April 15, 2020). "97 Minnesota airports receive federal bailout cash, here's how much they got". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
8. "U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $10 Billion in Relief for America's Airports". April 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

External links

• St. Cloud Regional Airport, official site
• at Minnesota DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1991 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 16, 2024
• FAA Terminal Procedures for STC, effective May 16, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for STC
  • AirNav airport information for KSTC
  • ASN accident history for STC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures