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Saint Cloud Regional Airport, now branded St. Cloud Sky Central Airport, is a mid-sized general aviation and regional airline field in central Minnesota, sited a short distance from downtown Saint Cloud. It offers a long ILS-equipped runway alongside a shorter crosswind strip, full air traffic control, and a mix of civilian and military flying activity that makes it a useful and interesting stop for the VFR sim pilot.
Saint Cloud Regional Airport serves the city of Saint Cloud in central Minnesota as a combined general aviation, flight training, and scheduled regional airline field. Recently rebranded as St. Cloud Sky Central Airport to better reflect the broader region it serves, the field retains its historic STC identifier and continues to support a busy mix of civilian flying schools, maintenance operations, and a Minnesota Army National Guard presence, giving it a varied character for a field of its size.
The airport lies in central Minnesota, in the vicinity of Saint Cloud, and falls under Minneapolis Center for en-route and clearance delivery services. It sits within a control zone served by its own tower, with Princeton Radio also available on a discrete frequency for the surrounding area.
The airport has two physical runways. The primary runway, 13/31, is 6,982 feet long with a hard surface, lit, and equipped with an ILS in both directions. The secondary runway, 05/23, is 2,993 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument approach.
Saint Cloud Regional Airport is a controlled field. The tower operates on 118.25 MHz, which also carries the ASOS and CLD frequencies. ATIS is broadcast on 119.375 MHz. Ground control is on 121.6 MHz, and the common traffic advisory frequency (used outside tower hours) is 123.5 MHz. Clearance delivery and Minneapolis Center services are available on 121.05 MHz. Princeton Radio can be reached on 122.5 MHz. The field's ILS approaches serve runway 13/31.
An airport has served Saint Cloud for around ninety years, with the facility operating from its current site for the last fifty-five of those. In September 2025 the airport was rebranded from St. Cloud Regional Airport to St. Cloud Sky Central Airport, a change driven by the desire to reflect its role as an aviation hub for the wider central Minnesota region rather than the city alone; the ICAO and IATA codes, including STC, were retained. The Saint Cloud Regional Airport Authority, formed roughly four years before the rebrand to represent three central Minnesota counties, oversaw the change, with Authority Chair Brian Myres and Airport Director Bill Towle both involved in selecting the new name.
The airport today hosts a range of aviation businesses and organisations, including Cloud Aviation, Wright Aero, Midwest Air Traffic Control, the Minnesota Army National Guard, and the SCTCC Aircraft Maintenance Technician training programme. Together with other tenants, the field is reported to support around 395 civilian jobs and 80 military jobs, with an estimated $50 million annual economic impact on the surrounding region. Flying operations continue under the Sky Central name, with the airport's ICAO and IATA codes unchanged.