Wadena Municipal
ADC · KADC · Wadena, Minnesota · Otter Tail County · map
Wadena Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wadena, 3 miles west of Wadena, Minnesota, 1,368 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 4,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KADC · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KADC 062015Z AUTO 26009KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2977 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ADC · ICAO KADC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wadena
- Elevation
- 1,368 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1998
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,007 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,100 × 75 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Adc and aWOS-3PT | 118.875 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-631-7774.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Wadena from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Wadena, Minnesota: 17 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
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.