Warren Pietsch Airport
ND42 · Sawyer, North Dakota · Ward County · map
Warren Pietsch Airport is a private airport, 1 mile northwest of Sawyer, North Dakota, 1,550 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,800 feet of grass and gravel. It has fuel (Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
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 ND42
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,550 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- Jet A, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,800 × 70 ft | Grass and gravel, poor |
- Runway 29: road 10 ft high 30 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Minot International (12 nm northwest), Mohall Municipal (44 nm northwest), Rugby Municipal (46 nm northeast).
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 obstruction in runway approach slope removed/lowered or runway threshold be displaced and marked to provide minimum 20:1 approach clnc over obstruction: area 125 feet either side of runway centerline and 240 feet off runway ends clear of obstruction.
- Snow removal ireg; confirm condition with amgr.
- 12/30 reflector markings.
- Surface has loose stones.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sawyer from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Sawyer, North Dakota: 3 drones, 2 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.
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, 14 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, 14 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 Sawyer 5 aircraft · 3 drones, 2 piston singles
- Skytech AG LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Minot Aero Center 6 aircraft · flight school
- Heir Borne Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/ND42.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.