Flying S Ranch Airport
ND43 · Minot, North Dakota · Ward County · map
Flying S Ranch Airport is a private airport, 5 miles southwest of Minot, North Dakota, 1,840 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ND43
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,840 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 300 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 35: twr 1,352 ft high 47,700 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Minot from the FAA register
238 aircraft are registered to owners in Minot, North Dakota: 127 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Dakota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Caution: +150'UNLGTD/UNMKD tower 5300'FM aer 17 4400'R of extdd CL.
- Ultralight/skydiving activities daylight hours.
- Caution: animal holes possible.
- 150FT wind turbine 300FT west of runway 17/35.
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 5, 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.