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Willis Airport

7MN8 · Thief River Falls, Minnesota · Pennington County · map

Willis Airport is a private airport, 5 miles southwest of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 1,135 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,500 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 7MN8
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,135 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation: 4E
In the FAA's files since: June 2001

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	3,500 × 100 ft	Grass

Runway 18: trees on the approach
Runway 36: pline on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

Aircraft registered in Thief River Falls from the FAA register

32 aircraft are registered to owners in Thief River Falls, Minnesota: 30 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Vand Flyve Klub INC 3Thief River Aviation INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Thief River Falls Regional TVF · 4 nm east Red Lake Falls Municipal D81 · 15 nm south Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field CKN · 19 nm southwest Warren Municipal D37 · 19 nm northwest Grygla Municipal - Mel Wilkens Field 3G2 · 29 nm northeast Sanford Health Heliport MY55 · 4 nm east · private Gasper Airport MY59 · 17 nm southwest · private Pulkrabek Landing Field MN06 · 20 nm west · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided clear 20:1 approaches; clear obstruction free zone; clear runway safety area.
Deer, moose, seasonal waterfowl, and otr birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Poss gopher mounds on runway.
Closed winter to wheeled aircraft - no snow removal.
60 feet trees to north.

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.