Fergus Falls Municipal Airport

Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (IATA: FFM, ICAO: KFFM, FAA LID: FFM), also known as Einar Mickelson Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district (CBD) of Fergus Falls, a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

[1] In 1928, a tract of land west of the city of Fergus Falls was leased for use as a municipal airport.

[2] When the farmer who owned that land decided to grow wheat there in 1934, the city was forced to relocate the airport.

[3] After World War II, plans were developed for construction of a new airport dedicated in honor of Flying Tiger Einar Mickelson and, "all the other Fergus Falls airmen who lost their lives in the Second World War.

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