Minot Air Force Base
MIB · KMIB · Minot, North Dakota · Ward County · map
Minot Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 10 miles north of Minot, North Dakota, 1,666 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 13,198 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 Minot Air Force Base…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MIB · ICAO KMIB
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 1,666 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 24 hours from 1200z++ monday through 0400z++ friday. saturday and sunday 1500-2300z++.
- Attended
- every day, monday to friday; every day, saturday &sun
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
Runway

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 13,198 × 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 30: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Ground | 134.0 | Minot |
| Tower | 120.65 | Minot |
| Approach | 118.15 | Minot |
| Approach and departure | 119.6 | Minot |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Minot |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Minot International (10 nm south), Mohall Municipal (22 nm north), Stanley Municipal (42 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Minot International (10 nm south), Mohall Municipal (22 nm north), Kenmare Municipal (31 nm northwest), Stanley Municipal (42 nm west).
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 North Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Operates 1300-0500Z++ MON-THUR; 1300-2400Z++ Friday; closed Saturday, Sunday, afgsc approved down days, and federal holidays except by NOTAM.
- Other times by NOTAM.
- Actual surface type is "pem" (part asphalt/concrete/macadam).
- Jasu: 9(MD-3A) 2(M32A-60A) (MA-1A)
- Fluid: SP presair DE-ICE-EXP possible delay wkend. Lox lhox lhnit
- Oil: O-133-148 joap - rqr 2 hour PN wkend.
- Tran alert: operates 1330-2330Z++ wkd; closed Saturday and Sunday. Fleet service unavailable.
- Caution: bird haz.
- Traffic pattern: rectangular 2900', MULTI-ENG jet right traffic runway 30; overhead 3400', right break runway 12.
- Cstms/agricultural/img: cstms available for aircraft arrival FR foreign areas, incl rqr in rmk sec of flight plan and reconfirm not later than 30 minimum prior to arrival on ptd. Incl a passenger breakdown by total NR of U.S. military and U.S. civil on board, when applicable.
- Restricted: avoid ovft below 4200' of afld when closed, excld publ inst approach of departure pro.
- Caution: bash phase II effective 1 apr to 15 jun and 1 sep to 30 nov. CK current NOTAMs for any deviations to the bash phase windows.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Minot from the FAA register
237 aircraft are registered to owners in Minot, North Dakota: 126 piston singles, 94 drones, 7 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 2 helicopters. 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 North Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Minot Aero Center 6 aircraft · Minot, 12 miles away Minot Aero Center is a family-operated flight school in Minot, North Dakota that provides flight instruction for private pilot, instrument, commercial, and other certificates, aircraft rentals, aircraft maintenance, pilot services, and FAA
- Heir Borne Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Minot, 12 miles away
Repair stations in Minot:
- Minot Aero Center Minot Aero Center is a family-operated aviation business in Minot, North Dakota that provides flight instruction, aircraft rentals, aircraft maintenance, pilot services, and FAA testing center services.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Minot 237 aircraft · 126 piston singles, 94 drones, 7 piston twins
- Skyskopes INC 90 aircraft in town
- Dakota Territory Air Museum 9 aircraft in town
- Minot Aero Center 6 aircraft in town
- Jf Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Minot Aero Center 6 aircraft · flight school
- Heir Borne Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Minot Aero Center · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in North Dakota 581 since 1982 · 59 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Dakota 89 landing places
- North Dakota 2,489 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MIB.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.
