Blanding Municipal
BDG · KBDG · Blanding, Utah · San Juan County · map
Blanding Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Blanding City, 3 miles south of Blanding, Utah, 5,868 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,781 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBDG · observed 1:35 pm MDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.23 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 KBDG 061935Z AUTO 16005KT 9SM CLR 25/07 A3023 RMK AO2 T02540067
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 BDG · ICAO KBDG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Blanding City
- Elevation
- 5,868 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,781 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 620 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Abajo Peak A Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 | |
| Bdg and aWOS-3PT | 127.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 435-678-2636.
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 Blanding from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Blanding, Utah: 15 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. 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 Utah.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35, runway end identifier lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and 35 oper continuously.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator)/airport attendant.
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway markings faded.
- Wildlife 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.