Jackson Field
MN17 · Brainerd, Minnesota · Crow Wing County · map
Jackson Field is a private airport, 6 miles southwest of Brainerd, Minnesota, 1,225 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,000 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 MN17
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,225 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,000 × 200 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Brainerd Lakes Regional (9 nm northeast), Aitkin Muni/Steve Kurtz Field (29 nm northeast), St. Cloud Sky Central Airport (44 nm south), Mora Municipal (46 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Steam Boat Bay Seaplane Base (9 nm northwest), Brainerd Lakes Regional (9 nm northeast), Little Falls/Morrison County-Lindbergh Field (20 nm south), Staples Municipal (24 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 Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Traffic ptn operations to south of runway /ALL turns to right when approach/departure to east, all turns to left when approach/departure to with.
- Do not chart per Minnesota department of transportation
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Brainerd from the FAA register
58 aircraft are registered to owners in Brainerd, Minnesota: 44 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Brainerd:
- Abtec Helicopters, LLC
- Dv Aviation INC NorthPoint Aviation is a full-service fixed base operation (FBO) at Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport in Minnesota.
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 Brainerd 58 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 piston twins
- Dv Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- S.R. Baron INC 2 aircraft in town
- S R Baron INC 2 aircraft in town
- Central Lakes College 2 aircraft in town
- Abtec Helicopters, LLC · repair station
- Dv Aviation INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,544 since 1982 · 209 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 6,958 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MN17.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 11, 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.