Lakota Municipal
5L0 · Lakota, North Dakota · Nelson County · map
Lakota Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Lakota Arpt Authority, 1 mile southeast of Lakota, North Dakota, 1,511 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 12 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,540 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5L0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lakota Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 1,511 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,500 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Grand Forks Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.15 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,540, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Lakota from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Lakota, North Dakota: 4 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided runway 15 thld is displaced to provide a clear approach ovr the road to the North.
- Runway 15/33 medium-intensity runway lights and PAPI oper dusk -0000 aft hours the common traffic frequency 122.8 to activate.
- Self service fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Runway markings faded and worn.
- Runway markings faded and worn.
- +40 feet tree row 1040 feet from threshold 200 feet L and R of centerline extdd approach ratio 20:1.
- 32 feet power line marked with orange balls 1/2 NM from runway 33 thld on centerline.
- 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.