Washburn Municipal
5C8 · Washburn, North Dakota · Mc Lean County · map
Washburn Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Washburn Airport Authority, 4 miles north of Washburn, North Dakota, 1,908 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 3,700 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5C8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Washburn Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,908 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,700 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,204 × 135 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Minot and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Washburn from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Washburn, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Dakota.
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- +700' smoke stack of power plant located 6 MI wnw of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and PAPI runway 8/26 - the common traffic frequency. Low intst not available.
- 24HR SELF-SERVICE fuel available with credit card.
- Closed winter months due to lack of snow removal.
- Marked with daylight boundary markers; black/white cones.
- Marked with daylight boundary markers; black/white cones.
- +150 feet EAST-WEST transmission line 9500' south on extndd centerline.
- Waterfowl, blackbirds, deer, and antelope on and in the vicinity of 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.