Baudette International
BDE · KBDE · Baudette, Minnesota · Lake of the Woods County · map
Baudette International is a public-use airport owned by Lake of the Woods County, 1 mile north of Baudette, Minnesota, 1,085 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,498 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 18 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 12,825 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KBDE · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.72 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 KBDE 062153Z AUTO 32013KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP068 T02060078
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 BDE · ICAO KBDE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lake of the Woods County
- Elevation
- 1,085 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- 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
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13W/31W | 6,000 × 120 ft | Water | |
| 12/30 | 5,498 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 11 ft high 686 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bde and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.775 | |
| Roseau and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 218-634-3080.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,825, 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 Baudette from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Baudette, Minnesota: 8 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 Minnesota.
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
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset low intst.
- And city of Baudette.
- Seaplane landing area adjacent north of land facility.
- Gulls and otr 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.