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QA1 in Airlake Industrial Park
Anchors of economic impact
Airlake Airport and Airlake Industrial Park and two
partners in the community that are major reasons why the
city has such a strong regional foothold for business.
With ready access to the Twin Cities, Airlake Airport
has a single 4,098-by-75-foot runway and full-length par-
allel taxiway. The airport offers a precision instrument
approach to Runway 30 and a non-precision approach
to Runway 12. Pilots use common traffic advisory proce-
dures flying to and from the airport, which has no air traf-
fic control tower.
Although used primarily by recreational pilots, Airlake
Airport is located near one of Minnesota’s largest indus-
trial parks, making it ideally suited for related business
aviation needs as well. A fixed base operator provides fu-
eling and other aircraft maintenance services.
Airlake has a total annual economic output of $13.2
million and supports 104 jobs, including 31 directly tied to
on-airport businesses.
There are 142 aircraft based at Airlake Airport and in
2018, there were 32,986 landings and takeoffs.
Future plans include new hangars in the southwest cor-
ner of the airfield, expanding the primary runway to 4,600
feet, and developing a 2,500-foot crosswind runway.
Now situated near the airport, three decades ago the
Airlake Industrial Park was little more than a vision. To-
day it is the cornerstone of Lakeville’s business develop-
ment. Located just two miles east of I-35 on Highway 70,
Airlake Industrial Park is now Minnesota’s second-largest
industrial park by acreage and is home to more than 100
businesses that employ thousands of people.
Fueled by steady and stable growth over the years
across a wide cross-section of industries, Airlake Indus-
trial Park now has more than 4 million square feet of
manufacturing and distribution facilities. This diverse
and rapidly growing workforce is being drawn from the
metropolitan area as well as from nearby rural communi-
ties providing a unique combination with a strong work
ethic.
Airlake has platted lots available ranging in size along
with many un-platted parcels of various sizes.
More information is at https://www.lakevillemn.
gov/186/Community-Economic-Development.
There people will find more information on such topics
as: Available Commercial/Industrial Properties; Demo-
graphics; Development Toolbox; Downtown Lakeville;
Economic Development SnapShots; Lakeville Business
Facts and Starting a Business
More about the airport is at https://metroairports.
org/General-Aviation/Airports/Airlake.aspx.
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