Garrison Dam Recreational Airpark
37N · Riverdale, North Dakota · Mc Lean County · map
Garrison Dam Recreational Airpark is a public-use airport owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers, 1 mile southwest of Riverdale, North Dakota, 1,723 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,195 feet of grass and gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 37N
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Elevation
- 1,723 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,195 × 60 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 11: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 625 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 35 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Riverdale from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Riverdale, ND as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport closed OCT-MAY; airport surfaces soft when wet. No snow removal available.
- Director of North Dakota aeronautics commission
- Land leased by ND aero cmsn, PO box 5020, bismarck, ND 58502.
- Surface lmtd to use only by aircraft gross weight under 4000 pounds.
- 400' dirt/gravel stwy both ends.
- Runway 11/29 non-standard markings; edges and thlds marked with black/white cones.
- +3' hill 500' from runway end 100' R of extdd CL.
- -3' road 463' from runway end on extdd runway CL.
- Numerous small gravel/rocks on surface.
- Runway 11 -30 feet drop off 450 feet from thld.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 29 -5 feet drop off 420 feet from thld.
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 5, 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.