Oak Lake Air Strip
MN42 · Erskine, Minnesota · Polk County · map
Oak Lake Air Strip is a private airport, 3 miles east of Erskine, Minnesota, 1,204 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,300 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 MN42
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,204 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,300 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Thief River Falls Regional (26 nm north), Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field (29 nm west), Bemidji Regional (42 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fertile Municipal (15 nm southwest), Mahnomen County (24 nm south), Thief River Falls Regional (26 nm north), Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field (29 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Erskine from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Erskine, Minnesota: 6 piston singles. 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 Minnesota.
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:
- Fosston Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Fosston, 9 miles away
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 Erskine 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- Fosston Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/MN42.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 October 28, 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.