Forest Lake Airport
25D · Forest Lake, Minnesota · Washington County · map
Forest Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Forest Lake, 2 miles southwest of Forest Lake, Minnesota, 932 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Forest Lake Airport?
Its FAA code is 25D.
Where is Forest Lake Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Forest Lake, Minnesota, 932 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Forest Lake Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Forest Lake Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Forest Lake Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Forest Lake Airport?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Herman Flight Training Services LLC and H e P Flying Club CORP. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Forest Lake Airport?
11 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Forest Lake Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 25D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Forest Lake
- Elevation
- 932 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Anoka County/Blaine (Janes Field) (11 nm southwest), L O Simenstad Municipal (13 nm east), Lake Elmo Airport (16 nm south), St. Paul Downtown Holman Field (19 nm south).
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
- Provided ramp is relctd outside of the approach slope to runway 13.
- Calm wind runway 13.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate PAPI and runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours self service with credit card.
- Steep drop in terrain along northeast side of runway.
- Runway 31 has 5 feet brush 105 feet from the runway end and 84 feet L.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Forest Lake from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Forest Lake, Minnesota: 49 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Herman Flight Training Services LLC 1 aircraft · Hugo, 6 miles away
- H e P Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Wyoming, 7 miles away High Flying Club is an aircraft ownership club based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Gateway Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Blaine, 12 miles away Gateway Flying Club is a nonprofit equity membership flying club based at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Blaine, Minnesota.
- Twin Cities Flight Training INC 2 aircraft · Blaine, 12 miles away Twin Cities Flight Training is a flight school based at Anoka County–Blaine Airport (KANE) in Blaine, Minnesota.
- Lake Elmo Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Vadnais Heights, 14 miles away Lake Elmo Aero is a flight school located at Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota offering flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and instructor certifications, as well as tailwheel endorsements and discovery fli
Repair stations in Forest Lake:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Barbara Ann Mack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Hangar · Blaine, MN (9 nm) · (612) 554-1233 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (14 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (24 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (29 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (32 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (38 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (42 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
- George Phillip Felix private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Burnett County Airport Terminal-Siren · Siren, WI (43 nm) · (701) 640-7335 · [email protected]
All 61 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Forest Lake 54 aircraft · 49 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Husnik Brad M 2 aircraft in town
- Herman Flight Training Services LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- H e P Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · flying club
- Gateway Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Caravan'S INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/25D.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 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.