Pine River Regional
PWC · KPWC · Pine River, Minnesota · Cass County · map
Pine River Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pine River, 1 mile east of Pine River, Minnesota, 1,296 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 30 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPWC · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 22,000 feet
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPWC 062235Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM FEW220 22/09 A2975 RMK AO2 T02210092
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PWC · ICAO KPWC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pine River
- Elevation
- 1,296 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 34: VASI, two boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Brainerd and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.05 | |
| Pwc and aWOS-3PT | 118.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-587-3420.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Pine River from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Pine River, Minnesota: 15 piston singles, 2 piston twins. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; VASI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset med intst.
- Calm wind runway.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Deer and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.