Bigfork Municipal
FOZ · KFOZ · Bigfork, Minnesota · Itasca County · map
Bigfork Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bigfork, 2 miles north of Bigfork, Minnesota, 1,351 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,998 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KFOZ · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 47°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.70 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 KFOZ 062115Z AUTO 30009KT 9SM CLR 21/09 A2970 RMK AO2 T02100086
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 FOZ · ICAO KFOZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bigfork
- Elevation
- 1,351 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,998 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 33: trees 49 ft high 874 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Foz and aWOS-3PT | 118.025 | |
| Duluth and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-244-3915.
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 Bigfork from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Bigfork, Minnesota: 2 drones, 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- 350 feet tower 2 NM south of airport.
- Activate or incr intst medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst sunset to sunrise.
- Deer and waterfowl on and 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.