Douglas Portage Airport
ND60 · Arvilla, North Dakota · Grand Forks County · map
Douglas Portage Airport is a private airport, 3 miles north of Arvilla, North Dakota, 953 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, 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 ND60
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 953 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
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,000 × 80 ft | Grass |
- Runway 14: 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: Grand Forks International (12 nm east), Hutson Field (27 nm north), Park River - W C Skjerven Field (29 nm northwest), Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field (35 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grand Forks International (12 nm east), Northwood Muni/Vince Field (15 nm south), Hutson Field (27 nm north), Park River - W C Skjerven Field (29 nm northwest).
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
- Provide a 20:1 approach clearance over obstructions. Provide an operational agreement letter at the frokjer airport between Grand Forks air force base. Traffic patterns west of the airport. 125 feet either side of airport clear of obstructions. Caution given to aircraft performance data.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Arvilla from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Arvilla, ND as the owner's town.
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:
- Und Aerospace Foundation 101 aircraft · Grand Forks, 14 miles away The UND Aerospace Foundation is a non-profit corporation that offers professional pilot training programs, including an accelerated 12-month commercial airline pilot program and a 2-year collegiate professional airline pilot program leading
- University of North Dakota 89 aircraft · Grand Forks, 14 miles away The University of North Dakota is the state's oldest and largest university, founded in 1883, located in Grand Forks with an enrollment of 15,908 students.
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
- Accidents and incidents in North Dakota 581 since 1982 · 59 in the last ten years
- Und Aerospace Foundation 101 aircraft · flight school
- University of North Dakota 89 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- 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/ND60.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.