Benson Municipal
BBB · KBBB · Benson, Minnesota · Swift County · map
Benson Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Benson, 2 miles west of Benson, Minnesota, 1,039 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KBBB · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 50°F (10°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 KBBB 062235Z AUTO 31009KT 10SM CLR 26/10 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 BBB · ICAO KBBB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Benson
- Elevation
- 1,039 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, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bbb and aWOS-3PT | 118.45 | |
| Darwin and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-843-3242.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,100, 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.
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 Benson from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Benson, Minnesota: 8 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 helicopter. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset low intst to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 14/32; PAPI runway 14//32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve fuel avail 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 14 PAPI unuseable beyond 2 NM.
- Category 'C' and 'D' aircraft operations prohibited.
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.