Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field
GDB · KGDB · Granite Falls, Minnesota · Yellow Medicine County · map
Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Granite Falls, 4 miles south of Granite Falls, Minnesota, 1,048 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,357 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field?
Its FAA code is GDB, and its ICAO code is KGDB.
Where is Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field?
It is 4 miles south of Granite Falls, Minnesota, 1,048 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,357 feet long, asphalt.
Does Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field?
1 pilot examiner and 3 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 Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GDB · ICAO KGDB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Granite Falls
- Elevation
- 1,048 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,357 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 642 ft, road 21 ft high 239 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gdb and aWOS-3 | 120.1 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Redwood Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-564-9388.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Southwest Minnesota Regional Marshall/Ryan Field (21 nm southwest), Redwood Falls Municipal (24 nm southeast), Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field (28 nm northeast), Benson Municipal (35 nm north).
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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset on low intst; to incr intst, activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33 and PAPI runway 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel avail 24 hours with credit card.
- Noise sensitive area 1.5 MI in radius off north end of runway 15/33.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and princeton Flight Service.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Granite Falls from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Granite Falls, Minnesota: 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 1 business jet. 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, 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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners.
- Anthony Hentges private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Canby Airport · Canby, MN (30 nm) · (507) 829-0351 · [email protected]
All 4 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.
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 · 2 since 1982, 1 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 airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Granite Falls 43 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops
- Midwest Ethanol Transport LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Fagen INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 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 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GDB.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.