Harry Stern Airport
BWP · KBWP · Wahpeton, North Dakota · Richland County · map
Harry Stern Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile south of Wahpeton, North Dakota, 968 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BWP · ICAO KBWP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 968 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
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 3,254 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 42 ft high 1,410 ft from the end
- Runway 03: trees 49 ft high 886 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Fargo and rco | 122.4 | Fargo · Communications provided by grand forks radio on frequency 122.4 (fargo rco). |
| Fargo and center (remote transmitter) High | 127.35 | |
| Bwp and aWOS-3 | 127.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 701-642-9800.
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 Wahpeton from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Wahpeton, North Dakota: 28 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 1 balloon. 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 · 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL 24 hour SELF-SERVICE with credit card.
- Runway 03/21 closed winter months.
- Runway 03/21 marked with edge and corner daylight metal mkrs painted orange.
- 32 feet trees 1250 feet from thld both sides of extdd centerline approach ratio 32:1.
- Runway 03 safety area cultivated uneven dirt, soft when wet.
- Deer and birds on or 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.