Grygla Municipal - Mel Wilkens Field
3G2 · Grygla, Minnesota · Marshall County · map
Grygla Municipal - Mel Wilkens Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Grygla, 1 mile southwest of Grygla, Minnesota, 1,177 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,437 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3G2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Grygla
- Elevation
- 1,177 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,437 × 92 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Grygla from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Grygla, Minnesota: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided clear 20:1 approach and clear runway safety area.
- Ultralight traffic on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 marked with yellow cones.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport not plowed winter months.
- Bathroom facility at the adjacent park.
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.