Sauter Airport
ND96 · Bismark, North Dakota · Burleigh County · map
Sauter Airport is a private airport, 4 miles east of Bismark, North Dakota, 1,730 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,000 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 ND96
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,730 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
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1998
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 08: power line 50 ft high 300 ft from the end
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: Bismarck Municipal (3 nm southwest), Linton Municipal (39 nm southeast), Mercer County Regional (47 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bismarck Municipal (3 nm southwest), Mandan Rgnl/Lawler Field (9 nm west), Washburn Municipal (36 nm northwest), Linton Municipal (39 nm southeast).
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 obstructions in runway approach slope removed/lowered to provide 20:1 approach clnc; 125 feet either side of centerline and 200 feet off runway ends clear of obstructions; clear and grade 60 feet either side of runway and 240 feet off runway ends; established opnl letter with bis air traffic control.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bismark from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bismark, 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:
- Missouri River Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Mandan, 10 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
- Accidents and incidents in North Dakota 581 since 1982 · 59 in the last ten years
- Missouri River Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/ND96.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.