Grand Forks Air Force Base
RDR · KRDR · Grand Forks, North Dakota · Grand Forks County · map
Grand Forks Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 13 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, 911 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 12,351 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RDR · ICAO KRDR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 911 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,500 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 1200-0530z++; closed holidays.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 12,351 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 119.15 | Red River |
| Tower | 124.9 | Red River |
| Approach and departure | 118.1 | Red River |
| Arrival Grand Forks | 121.1 | Red River |
| Arrival Red river | 126.6 | Red River |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Red River |
| Grand Forks Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.15 | Red River |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Grand Forks International (9 nm east), Hutson Field (27 nm north), Park River - W C Skjerven Field (30 nm northwest), Crookston Muni/Kirkwood Field (32 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grand Forks International (9 nm east), Northwood Muni/Vince Field (16 nm southwest), Hutson Field (27 nm north), Park River - W C Skjerven Field (30 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
- Oil available in package product only, hand transfer rqr.
- Hvy, large, and HI per aircraft: ovhd 2500 feet above sea level; rectangular 2000 feet above sea level; light aircraft and helicopter 1500 feet above sea level.
- Runway: first/last 1100 feet of runway 18/36 is concrete; middle 10150 feet of runway 18/36 is asphalt. Runway 18/36 grooved.
- VFR overhead and rectangular traffic pattern right hand runway 18.
- Jasu: (AM32A-86) (AM32-95)
- Caution: unctl veh traffic on taxiway and ramps.
- Fuel: J8
- Oil: oil available in package product only, hand transfer rqr. O-133-148
- On base lodging for transient aircrews unavailable.
- Caution: drone (UAV) operations within 11 DME half circle rdr R-180 through rdr R-360 west of Grand Forks Afb, surface to FL 180.drone (UAV) operations entire class D airspace.
- Service: tran alert: operates 1300-0100Z++ MON-FRI, 1400-2300Z++ Saturday and Sunday. No nml operates on fed holidays.
- After hours required must have apvl of RW/CV.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grand Forks from the FAA register
274 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Forks, North Dakota: 186 piston singles, 33 piston twins, 27 drones, 19 turboprops, 6 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, 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:
- Und Aerospace Foundation 101 aircraft · Grand Forks, 10 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, 10 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.
Charter operators and airlines based in Grand Forks:
- GFK Flight Support Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Grand Forks:
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 Grand Forks 274 aircraft · 186 piston singles, 33 piston twins, 27 drones
- Und Aerospace Foundation 101 aircraft in town
- University of North Dakota 89 aircraft in town
- Ideal Aerosmith INC 17 aircraft in town
- 2Nd Amendment Wholesale INC 5 aircraft in town
- GFK Flight Support Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Und Aerospace Foundation 101 aircraft · flight school
- University of North Dakota 89 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Guardian Flight LLC · repair station
- Und Aerospace · repair station
- 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/RDR.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.