Hutson Field
GAF · KGAF · Grafton, North Dakota · Walsh County · map
Hutson Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles ese of Grafton, North Dakota, 824 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 4,074 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGAF · observed 3:35 pm CDT (20:35 UTC), 0 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.79 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 KGAF 062035Z AUTO 31011KT 9SM CLR 22/07 A2979 RMK AO2 PWINO
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 GAF · ICAO KGAF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 824 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, daylight hours; weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,074 × 115 ft | Grass, good | |
| 17/35 | 3,898 × 74 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.1 | |
| Gaf and aWOS-3 | 118.625 | |
| Grand Forks Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 701-352-0581.
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 Grafton from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Grafton, North Dakota: 6 turboprops, 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Be alert: 3 feet ditch between east end 8/26 and 17/35, use dsgnd taxiways.
- PAPI runway 17 and 35, medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset on low intst DUSK-2300; to incr intst aft 2300 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Chairman airport authorized randy schuster.
- 24-HR self service fuel available with credit card only.
- Runway 08/26 - marked with white daylight end mkrs.
- Grass soft when wet.
- Large birds and deer on or in the vicinity of airport.
- Hvy aerial spray activity MAY-OCT.
- Nmrs transient flight training activities.
- Runway 08/26 closed winter months due to lack of snow removal.
- Runway 08 has +3' ditch 213' from thrshold
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.