Anoka County–Blaine Airport (ICAO: KANE, FAA LID: ANE), also known as Janes Field, is a public use airport in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.[1] Owned by Metropolitan Airports Commission, it is 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of the central business district of Minneapolis.[1] The airport is located in the city of Blaine.
This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2]
This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of ANE by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code (the IATA assigned ANE to Angers – Marcé Airport in France).[1][3][4][5]
Anoka County–Blaine Airport covers an area of 1,900 acres (769 ha) at an elevation of 912 feet (278 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 9/27 is 5,000 by 100 feet(1,524 x 30 m) and 18/36 is 4,855 by 100 feet (1,480 x 30 m).[1]
The non-federal control tower is open 0700-2100 local time in winter months (from October to April) and 0700-2200 local time in summer months (from May to September).
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2015, the airport had 70,202 aircraft operations, an average of 192 per day: 92% general aviation, 7% air taxi and just less than 1% military. In May 2017, there were 328 aircraft based at this airport: 272 single-engine, 38 multi-engine, 10 jet and 8 helicopter.[1]
The airport is home to the FBO Lynx FBO Network.
The airport is home to the Golden Wings Flying Museum [6] and formerly the American Wings Air Museum.[7]
In 2020 the airport received a $157,000 CARES Act award.[8][9]
On April 30, 2020 a FAA Airport Improvement Program Grant of $646,583 was awarded to rehabilitate taxiway lighting at the airport.[10][11]
As of 2025, there has been only one recorded incident within 10km (6.2mi) of the airport.
On March 29, 2025, a SOCATA TBM-700 registered as N721MB[12] originating from Des Moines International Airport crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing the sole occupant, Terry Dolan,[13] on board who was the pilot, both the house and aircraft were destroyed and all occupants in the house escaped without harm.[14][15]