Moorhead Muni/Florence Klingensmith Field
JKJ · KJKJ · Moorhead, Minnesota · Clay County · map
Moorhead Muni/Florence Klingensmith Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Moorhead, 4 miles southeast of Moorhead, Minnesota, 918 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 44 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 9,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KJKJ · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 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 KJKJ 062235Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2980 RMK AO2
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 JKJ · ICAO KJKJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Moorhead
- Elevation
- 918 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1996
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 | |
| Jkj and aWOS-3 | 120.0 | |
| Apt Remark 5 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 218-287-5049.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Moorhead from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Moorhead, Minnesota: 21 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 3 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
- Airport underlies fargo trsa; hector international class D airspace 3 miles northwest of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725.
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.