Scotts Seaplane Base
CDD · KCDD · Crane Lake, Minnesota · St Louis County · map
Scotts Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base in Crane Lake, Minnesota, 1,119 feet above sea level. It has 2 water landing areas. It has fuel (100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)).
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What is the airport code for Scotts Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is CDD, and its ICAO code is KCDD.
Where is Scotts Seaplane Base?
It is in Crane Lake, Minnesota, 1,119 feet above sea level.
Does Scotts Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Scotts Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas).
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Scotts Seaplane Base?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CDD · ICAO KCDD
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,119 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1961
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07W/25W | 8,000 × 1,000 ft | Water | |
| 16W/34W | 7,000 × 1,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cdd and aWOS-3PT | 118.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-380-2449.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Orr Regional (21 nm southwest), Cook Municipal (28 nm south), Ely Municipal (37 nm southeast), Falls Intl/Einarson Field (41 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estbld prior to 1959.
- Inlet southwest of seaplane dock is a congested area, avoid as an app/departure area.
- Automated customs clnc available. No customs agents at Crane Lake.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Crane Lake from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Crane Lake, Minnesota: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Crane Lake 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CDD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.