Mankato Regional Airport is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the central business district of Mankato, a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the city of Mankato. The airport is home to Northstar Aviation (FBO) and Minnesota State University's flight training program.Facilities and aircraftMankato Regional Airport covers an area of 900acre and contains two runways: Runway 4/22: 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt Runway 15/33: 6,600 x 100 ft (2,012 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete (Expanded from 5400ft in 2007) For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2015 the airport had 119,320 aircraft operations, an average of 327 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and less than 1% military. In March 2017, there were 74 aircraft based at this airport: 56 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 2 jet, 2 helicopter and 1 ultralight.