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Hector International

FAR · KFAR · Fargo, North Dakota · Cass County · map

Hector International is a public-use airport owned by Muni Arpt Auth of the City of Fargo, 3 miles northwest of Fargo, North Dakota, 901 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 9,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives, JP-8) and about 217 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 83,723 takeoffs and landings a year. About 539,999 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for Hector International?

Its FAA code is FAR, and its ICAO code is KFAR.

Where is Hector International?

It is 3 miles northwest of Fargo, North Dakota, 901 feet above sea level.

How long is the longest runway at Hector International?

The longest of its 3 runways, 18/36, is 9,001 feet long.

Does Hector International have a control tower?

Yes, it has a control tower.

What fuel can you buy at Hector International?

The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives, JP-8.

Where can you fly nonstop from Hector International?

Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain, Denver International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Bemidji Regional. Every route

Are there flight schools at Hector International?

3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Fargo Jet Center LLC and North Dakota State University. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hector International?

3 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Hector International…

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA FAR · ICAO KFAR
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Muni Arpt Auth of the City of Fargo
Elevation
901 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
Attended
around the clock
Fuel and services
100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives, JP-8; the services card below
Notes
certified for airline service (Part 139)
On the chart
Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation
4E
In the FAA's files since
August 1937

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

183609271331N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for Hector International
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/369,001 × 150 ftConcrete, goodHigh-intensity lights
09/276,302 × 100 ftConcrete, goodMedium-intensity lights
13/313,801 × 75 ftConcrete, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
  • Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
  • Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left
  • Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 25 ft high 1,086 ft from the end
  • Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the right, road 7 ft high 550 ft from the end
  • Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 8 ft high 432 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

UNICOM122.95
ATIS (recorded airport information)124.5Fargo
Clearance delivery · Ground121.9Fargo
Tower133.8Fargo
Approach and departure · Terminal radar service120.4Fargo
Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary)125.125Fargo
Emergency121.5Fargo
Fargo and rco122.4Fargo · Communications provided by grand forks radio on frequency 122.4 (Fargo rco).

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 701-289-3069.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, Jet A with additives, JP-8
Repairs
airframe and engine: major repairs
Parking
hangars, tie-downs
Oxygen
bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Also here
air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Moorhead Muni/Florence Klingensmith Field (8 nm southeast), Page Regional (31 nm northwest), Detroit Lakes/Wething Field (39 nm east).

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 North Dakota · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Taxiway B north of taxiway D rstrd to aircraft less than 130,000 pounds.
  • AUW-847
  • Runway 13/31 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
  • Flight notification service (adcus) available MON-FRI 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
  • Military: ang: offl bus only contact base operations dsn 362-8508, C701-451-2508 operates 1130-2200Z++ closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays except dur schedule training. Other tran aircraft contact jet cntr C701-235-3600; cstms available 24 hour. Rcr available FR ang operations on 262.0. Right traffic runway 18.
  • Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Remarks: see flip AP/1 supplementary airport information incl bash information.
  • Caution: use extreme caution for drone (UAS) operations in vicinity.
  • Ang: bird hazard (bash phase II) MAR-MAY, AUG-DEC.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

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Arrivals and departures, last hour

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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.

Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026

Airlines reported 10,225 departures from FAR in those twelve months, carrying 610,641 passengers in 736,180 seats (83% filled), to 79 destinations (3 abroad) on 18 airlines.

All 79 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

single-engine128multi-engine49jets28helicopters1other11
Based aircraft, as a table
aircraft
single-engine128
multi-engine49
jets28
helicopters1
other11
1different aircraft heard arriving or departing here in the last 7 days (3 in 30 days)

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

539,999passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024

Takeoffs and landings a year about 83,723, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

airline13,073air taxi and commuter22,054general aviation, travelling26,808general aviation, local19,382military2,406
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
a year
airline13,073
air taxi and commuter22,054
general aviation, travelling26,808
general aviation, local19,382
military2,406

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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Fargo from the FAA register

209 aircraft are registered to owners in Fargo, North Dakota: 128 piston singles, 30 turboprops, 28 business jets, 13 piston twins, 6 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:

Fargo Jet Center LLC 13Weather Modification LLC 7Fargo Air Museum 5Aerolease LLC 5North Dakota State University 4Island Park Aviation LLC 4Sfh INC DBA 3Combined Aircraft Ownership LLC 3Sfh INC 2Scheels All Sports INC 2

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Dakota.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Fargo, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

  • Cook Aviation Services LLC Cook Aviation is a fixed base operator at Monroe County Airport in Bloomington, Indiana, offering refueling, line services, aircraft deicing, baggage handling, catering, and concierge services.

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Fargo Jet Center LLC 13 aircraft · Fargo Fargo Jet Center LLC operates two FBO locations in Fargo, North Dakota (KFAR) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (KFCM), providing full-service aviation services including aircraft charter, management, maintenance, avionics, interior and paint serv
  • North Dakota State University 4 aircraft · Fargo
  • Hawley Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Fargo

Charter operators and airlines based in Fargo:

  • Fargo Jet Center LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate Fargo Jet Center LLC operates two FBO locations in Fargo, North Dakota (KFAR) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (KFCM), offering aircraft charter, aircraft management, maintenance, avionics, interior and paint services, and fuel.

Repair stations in Fargo:

  • Appareo Systems LLC Appareo Systems LLC designs and manufactures aviation electronics including flight data recorders, ADS-B receivers, transponders, aircraft communication units, and AI-powered speech recognition systems.
  • Fargo Jet Center LLC Fargo Jet Center LLC operates two FBO locations in Fargo, North Dakota (KFAR) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (KFCM), providing full-service fixed-base operator services, aircraft charter and management, maintenance, avionics, interior and paint
  • Spectrum Aeromed LLC DBA Spectrum Aeromed

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 administrative pilot examiner.

All 15 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

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 airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 22 since 1982, 1 fatal

2025-08-22CEN25LA338 · Cirrus Design CORP Sr22T N561RT · accident · no injuries
2022-06-19CEN22LA281 · Cessna 172S N5256S · accident · no injuries
2020-06-03CEN20LA208 · Piper Pa32 N3869W · accident · no injuries
2018-11-30CEN19LA039 · Cessna 550 N941JM · accident · minor injuries
2018-02-08CEN18LA097 · Piper Pa 24-260 N9360P · accident · no injuries
2016-12-01CEN17FA045 · Cessna 340 N123KK · accident · 1 killed
2016-01-08CEN16LA098 · Cessna 441 N779CC · accident · no injuries
2007-10-21CHI08IA022 · Airbus Industrie A320-211 N331NW · incident · no injuries
2001-08-16CHI01LA309 · Cessna T210N N6410N · accident · no injuries
1999-07-24CHI99LA338 · Cessna 182R N9799E · accident · no injuries
1997-10-01CHI98LA001 · Cessna T210N N5168A · accident · no injuries
1997-09-17CHI97LA294 · Piper Pa-32R-300 N2680Q · accident · no injuries

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FAR.json.

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 27, 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.