Worthington Regional Economic
Development Corporation
S e r v i n g   a l l   o f   N o b l e s   C o u n t y
1121 Third Avenue
Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: 507/372-5515
Fax: 507/372-7165
Email: wredc@frontiernet.net

It is easy to get people and products to Worthington - and visa versa. With a convenient airport, rail system, and nearby highway network, Worthington gives you easy worldwide access.

Airport Facilities
Worthington Regional Airport terminal is municipally owned and designed to meet the needs of local and regional business and general customers
  • Two Runways
    Worthington is one of the very few cities of its size to have TWO RUNWAYS
    • Runway 11-29:
      • 5,506 feet long by 100 feet wide.
      • Equipped with an Instrument Landing System (ILS)
    • Runway 17-35:
        4,200 feet long by 100 feet wide
  • Facilities include
    • Spacious terminal, with pilots lounge & planning area, weather computer, restrooms, and vending machines
    • 14,000 square foot hanger with availability to accommodate larger or transient aircraft.
    • 8 T-Hangar for rent
    • Self-serve automated fuel system
  • Additional service available by Fixed Base Operator (FBO)
    • Pilot Instruction
    • Aircraft rental/sales
    • Aircraft maintenance
    • Written FAA examination testing
    • Pilot Supplies
  • Sioux Falls Regional Airport - An international port of entry
    • Convenient and only 55 miles from Worthington
    • Modern & efficient passenger terminal
    • Overnight cargo
    • Complete general aviation services

Highway & Interstates 
Worthington is strategically located at the junction of three major highways. You can get anywhere from here - quickly and easily!


  • Interstate 90 connects Boston to Seattle via upstate New York, NY, Cleveland, OH, Chicago, IL, Madison, WI, Rochester, MN, Sioux Falls, SD, Rapid City, SD, Billings and Missoula MT, and Spokane, WA.
  • Minnesota Highway 60 is a diagonal route that links the Minneapolis - St. Paul, Metro area to Sioux City, IA and Omaha, NE on to Kansas City, KS. four lane conversion of Highway 60 is 90% complete.
  • US Highway 59 connects Winnipeg, Manitoba to Houston, TX
  • Two major North and South interstates flank Worthington.
    • 50 miles to the West is Interstate 29
    • 120 miles to the East is Interstate 35
  • Traffic Counts within Worthington provided by State of MN - .pdf file
    Use the + Zoom button in Acrobat PDF reader to increase the size of the map so that you can read the traffic counts overlaid on top of the major routes in Worthington

Approximate Mileage to North American Cities
Albuquerque, NM 1,109   New York, NY 1,361
Atlanta, GA 1,227 Oklahoma City, OK 638
Charlotte, NC 1,385 Omaha, NE 182
Chicago, IL 528 Orlando, FL 1,674
Dallas, TX 880 Phoenix, AZ 1,474
Denver, CO 683 Portland, OR 1,664
Detroit, MI 807 Rapid City, SD 409
Kansas City, KS 318 St. Louis, MO 654
Las Vegas, NV 1,458 Salt Lake City, UT 1,118
Los Angeles, CA 1,751 San Fransisco, CA 1,873
Louisville, KY 827 Thunder Bay, Ontario 509
Minneapolis, MN 167 Toronto, Ontario 1.064
New Orleans, LA 1,307 Winnipeg, Manitoba 531


Rail
Union Pacific Railroad services Worthington. The Worthington yard offers passing trackage, multiple daily trains and is supported by the Mankato hub. The Union Pacific is linked by a switching station at Worthington with the Buffalo Ridge short line track that connects the Burlington-Northern trackage to the Union Pacific.

Additional Transportation Services

  • Greyhound Bus Service
  • Jefferson Bus Service
  • Reading Bus Service
  • Nobles County Heartland Express
  • Peoples Express
  • Worthington Taxi Service

For further assistance contact WREDC at the addresses above, or at wredc@frontiernet.net
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Designed by Rohrer & Associates 2003