Northome Municipal
43Y · Northome, Minnesota · Koochiching County · map
Northome Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Northome, 2 miles northeast of Northome, Minnesota, 1,430 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 3,199 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Northome Municipal?
Its FAA code is 43Y.
Where is Northome Municipal?
It is 2 miles northeast of Northome, Minnesota, 1,430 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Northome Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 3,199 feet long.
Does Northome Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 43Y
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Northome
- Elevation
- 1,430 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,199 × 147 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
| 02/20 | 2,049 × 148 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: tree 68 ft high 1,283 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 74 ft high 1,299 ft from the end
- Runway 02: trees 29 ft high 394 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 209 ft, trees 54 ft high 745 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bemidji Regional (36 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bemidji Regional (36 nm southwest), Walker Municipal (46 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 thresholds are located and clearly marked to provide a mnm 20:1 clnc ovr all obstructions.
- Tie-downs not marked.
- Not mntnd winter months.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to vrb spacing, nmrs runway edge lights not working.
- Uneven surface near runway end.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Runway and dthr marked with yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Ruts in runway.
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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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Northome from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Northome, Minnesota: 2 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Northome 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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 6,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/43Y.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 October 29, 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.