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Sauk Centre Municipal

D39 · Sauk Centre, Minnesota · Stearns County · map

Sauk Centre Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sauk Centre, 2 miles southeast of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, 1,242 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,296 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA D39
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Sauk Centre
Elevation
1,242 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
800 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation
3E
In the FAA's files since
May 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

14320826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
14/323,296 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
08/262,404 × 120 ftGrass, fair
  • Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
  • Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
  • Runway 08: brush 6 ft high 31 ft from the end
  • Runway 26: road 19 ft high 62 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
D39 and aWOS-3118.475
Alexandria and center (remote transmitter) Low126.1

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-352-0136.

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 Sauk Centre from the FAA register

11 aircraft are registered to owners in Sauk Centre, Minnesota: 7 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones. 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:

Central Planes Aviation INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

2018-01-23CEN18FA083 · Skwira Matthew J W-10 Tailwind N251WT · accident · 1 killed
2014-06-06CEN14LA279 · Cessna 177A N30537 · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Runway 14/32 medium-intensity runway lights preset to low; to incr intsty and activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and runway 32; PAPI runway 14 and runway 32 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
  • Runway 08/26 not plowed winter months.
  • Runway 08 /26 marked with yellow cones.

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.