Barnes County Municipal
BAC · KBAC · Valley City, North Dakota · Barnes County · map
Barnes County Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Barnes County Airport Authority, 1 mile northwest of Valley City, North Dakota, 1,402 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,201 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBAC · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 15 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 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 KBAC 062015Z AUTO 31015KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2982 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 BAC · ICAO KBAC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Barnes County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,402 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,539 × 100 ft | Grass, good | |
| 05/23 | 2,525 × 120 ft | Grass, good | |
| 08/26 | 2,520 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bac and aWOS-3 | 118.725 | |
| Woodworth and center (remote transmitter) High | 124.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 701-845-9117.
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 Valley City from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Valley City, North Dakota: 18 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Runway 05/23, 08/26 and 17/35 closed winter months due to lack of snow removal
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset on med intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runway 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport authorized chairperson - shawn anderson.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- +35'PLINE marked with daylight balls 1000' from threshold approach ratio 28:1.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gld act 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.