Bowbells Municipal
5B4 · Bowbells, North Dakota · Burke County · map
Bowbells Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bowbells, 1 mile north of Bowbells, North Dakota, 1,955 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,900 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Bowbells Municipal?
Its FAA code is 5B4.
Where is Bowbells Municipal?
It is 1 mile north of Bowbells, North Dakota, 1,955 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bowbells Municipal?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,900 feet long, grass.
Does Bowbells 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 5B4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bowbells
- Elevation
- 1,955 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,900 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: trees 48 ft high 490 ft from the end
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 460 ft, rr 29 ft high 100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mohall Municipal (28 nm east), Stanley Municipal (31 nm south), Tioga Municipal (37 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kenmare Municipal (12 nm southeast), Mohall Municipal (28 nm east), Stanley Municipal (31 nm south), Tioga Municipal (37 nm southwest).
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 North Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway ireg and soft when wet with water ponding possible.
- Displaced threshold marked only with daylight blk and wht cns.
- Runway 8/26 - marked with blk and wht cns.
- +25 feet rlrd 520 feet from dthr; 135 feet L/R CL; 20:1 approach slp.
- Taxiway soft when wet with 1 inch drainage swale.
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 Bowbells from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Bowbells, North Dakota: 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 North Dakota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bowbells 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Dakota 581 since 1982 · 59 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Dakota 89 landing places
- North Dakota 2,489 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5B4.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.