7Y3
Backus Municipal Airport
Backus Municipal Airport (7Y3) is a general-aviation airfield serving Backus, Minnesota. The field lies at 1,355 ft (413 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,585 ft (1,093 m), grass and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Pine River Regional Airport (KPWC), 8 nm SE.
Backus Municipal Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 1,355 ft (413 m)
- Coordinates
- 46.8269, -94.5072
- Serving
- Backus
- Region
- Minnesota
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Runways1 · longest 3,585 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,585 ft1,093 m | 135 ft | Grass | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.