Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base
0G5 · Grand Marais, Minnesota · Cook County · map
Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by Cook CO Highway Commission, 6 miles northwest of Grand Marais, Minnesota, 1,635 feet above sea level. It has 2 water landing areas.
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What is the airport code for Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 0G5.
Where is Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base?
It is 6 miles northwest of Grand Marais, Minnesota, 1,635 feet above sea level.
Does Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0G5
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cook CO Highway Commission
- Elevation
- 1,635 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 15,000 × 1,500 ft | Water | |
| 03W/21W | 3,000 × 2,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- beach gear
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Grand Marais/Cook County (1 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grand Marais/Cook County (1 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grand Marais from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Marais, Minnesota: 14 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Grand Marais 14 aircraft · 14 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,544 since 1982 · 209 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,942 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/0G5.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 4, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.