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Napoleon Municipal

5B5 · Napoleon, North Dakota · Logan County · map

Napoleon Municipal is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Napoleon, North Dakota, 1,985 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 3,220 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA 5B5
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
1,985 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation
9E
In the FAA's files since
July 1970

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

12300826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
12/303,220 × 50 ftAsphalt, goodLow-intensity lights
08/261,600 × 80 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 12: building 164 ft high 3,160 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Napoleon from the FAA register

3 aircraft are registered to owners in Napoleon, North Dakota: 1 turboprop, 1 piston single, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 North Dakota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal

1997-10-05NYC98LA006 · Hiller Uh-12C N49983 · accident · no injuries
1994-01-23BFO94LA030 · Piper Pa-28 N8211V · accident · no injuries
1989-10-01NYC90LA003 · Cessna 172M N20017 · accident · no injuries
1986-01-12NYC86LA059 · Cessna 152 N49653 · accident · no injuries
1983-11-29NYC84FA042 · Piper Pa-34-200T N2958R · accident · serious injuries
1982-06-28NYC82FA134 · Piper Pa-31 N620WF · accident · no 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

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • DUSK-0600.
  • 28 feet building 1100 feet dist, 100 feet L; 45 feet trees 1000 dist, 100 feet R.
  • 25 feet railroad 500 feet dist, 200 feet R.
  • Runway 08/26 closed OCT-APR due to lack of snow removal.
  • Runway 08 has 3 feet ditch 250 feet from threshold outbound.
  • Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.

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.