Central Valley Aviation Airport
NA81 · Buxton, North Dakota · Traill County · map
Central Valley Aviation Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Buxton, North Dakota, 920 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A).
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 NA81
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 920 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,000 × 16 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 27: road 30 ft high 50 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Grand Forks International (20 nm north), Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field (23 nm northeast), Page Regional (32 nm southwest).
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
- Provided trees adjacent to south edge of runway are removed as they may cause turbulence during crosswind operations.
- Personal use.
- Trees parallel and south of runway centerline.
- 300 feet tower 1 MI north off east end runway; 60 feet tower 400 feet off east end runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Buxton from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Buxton, North Dakota: 3 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 North Dakota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Buxton 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 2,492 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NA81.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.