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Rugby Municipal

RUG · KRUG · Rugby, North Dakota · Pierce County · map

Rugby Municipal is a public-use airport, 2 miles northwest of Rugby, North Dakota, 1,549 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

Weather right now KRUG · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the northwest (310°) at 18 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
  • Altimeter 29.86 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 KRUG 062115Z AUTO 31018KT 10SM CLR 20/07 A2986 RMK AO2

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 RUG · ICAO KRUG
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
1,549 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation
8E

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1230N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
12/303,600 × 60 ftAsphalt, fairMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Rug and aWOS-3118.475
Minot and rco122.2Minot · Communications provided by grand forks radio on frequency 122.2 (minot rco).
Minot and center (remote transmitter) Low/high127.6

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 701-776-6100.

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 Rugby from the FAA register

14 aircraft are registered to owners in Rugby, North Dakota: 10 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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

1998-10-26CHI99LA015 · Cessna 195 N1003D · accident · no injuries

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 runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Self service fuel abvl H24 via credit card.
  • Waterfowl in wetlands APR-MAY and SEP-NOV located 3000 feet outbound runway 30.
  • Deer and birds 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.