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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.

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
Parking: tiedown
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation: 4E
In the FAA's files since: May 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

1983-03-13CHI83LA136 · Aeronca 7Ac N8949R · accident · minor injuries

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

Waskish Municipal VWU · 19 nm northwest Bowstring Airport 9Y0 · 25 nm southeast Bigfork Municipal FOZ · 25 nm east Big Falls Municipal 7Y9 · 27 nm northeast Little Sand 22MN · 17 nm southeast · private Helblad Airport 04MN · 18 nm west · private Cutfoot Sioux 06MN · 23 nm south · private Northern Itasca Health Care Center Heliport 1MN3 · 26 nm east · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.