Friesenborg & Larson Airport
IA70 · Buffalo Center, Iowa · Winnebago County · map
Friesenborg & Larson Airport is a private airport owned by Friesenborg & Larson, INC., 5 miles northeast of Buffalo Center, Iowa, 1,220 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,900 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA70
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Friesenborg & Larson, INC.
- Elevation
- 1,220 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,900 × 100 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Blue Earth Municipal (15 nm northwest), Albert Lea Municipal (25 nm northeast), Mason City Municipal (27 nm southeast), Algona Municipal (28 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Forest City Muni/Trimble Field (15 nm southeast), Blue Earth Municipal (15 nm northwest), Wells Municipal (19 nm north), Albert Lea Municipal (25 nm northeast).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided the approach to EA runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Buffalo Center from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Buffalo Center, Iowa: 4 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Buffalo Center 5 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,504 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IA70.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 26, 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.