Watford City Municipal
S25 · Watford City, North Dakota · Mc Kenzie County · map
Watford City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Watford City Arpt Auth, 1 mile ese of Watford City, North Dakota, 2,135 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 6,550 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S25
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Watford City Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 2,135 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,550 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,023 ft, 5,500 ft available for landing, road 16 ft high 240 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 750 ft, 5,650 ft available for landing, road 16 ft high 550 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM located at SHERIFF'S office. |
| S25 and aWOS-3PT | 118.125 | |
| Glasgow and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 701-842-4855.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Watford City from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Watford City, North Dakota: 34 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 2 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 PAPI runway 12 and 30 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset on low intst dusk to dawn, to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- UNICOM located at SHERIFF'S office.
- Full service fuel available 800-1700 M-F and self service with credit card all other hours.
- +167'HILL lighted west/obs lights.
- Also +306 feet tower 6600 feet from threshold 4000 feet right of centerline extdd.
- Deer and antelope on or 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.