Flying Cloud 2024 Annual Report
Flying Cloud Airport (FCM), located just southwest of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, has been part of the MAC’s general aviation airport system for more than 75 years and has matured into a bustling and thriving economic generator.
In 2024, FCM maintained its position as the busiest reliever airport, with nearly 133,000 takeoffs and landings. In 2024, FCM maintained its position as the busiest reliever airport, with nearly 133,000 takeoffs and landings.
Many airport users, both business and leisure travelers, find the location of FCM convenient, given its proximity to where people live and work, as well as its infrastructure and public and private service offerings. There is strong demand for new hangar development and redevelopment at the airport.
In 2024, the MAC started a significant pavement refurbishing project near the central maintenance facility, access roads and hangar lanes, which includes a crack-sealing project on Runway 10R-28L. Additionally, FCM has a new above-ground fuel system that replaced aging below-ground tanks that previously stored diesel fuel for airport maintenance vehicles. The MAC also completed agreements with five private hangar owners to remove a portion of a building or the entirety of a hangar within a taxiway object-free area, in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration design standards.
In September, FCM hosted Girls in Aviation Day in partnership with the Women in Aviation Stars of the North chapter to raise awareness of and promote careers in aviation for women and girls. This is the largest Girls in Aviation Day in the country.
