Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field
BDH · KBDH · Willmar, Minnesota · Kandiyohi County · map
Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Willmar, 2 miles west of Willmar, Minnesota, 1,126 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 50 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,850 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KBDH · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.78 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 KBDH 062315Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A2978 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 BDH · ICAO KBDH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Willmar
- Elevation
- 1,126 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 974 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 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
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2006
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,980 × 250 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bdh and aWOS-3PT | 118.75 | |
| Willmar and rco | 122.2 | Willmar |
| Darwin and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.5 | · Approach/departure service provided by zmp on frequencies 125.5/323.1 (darwin rcag). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-235-8287.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,850, 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 Willmar from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Willmar, Minnesota: 25 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 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 · 2 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
- Activate or incr intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst sunset to sunrise.
- Available H24 self service via credit card.
- Not plowed winter months.
- 200 feet unusable pavement beyond runway, both ends.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Abndd airport 1 NM east.
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.