Staples Municipal
SAZ · KSAZ · Staples, Minnesota · Wadena County · map
Staples Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Staples, 2 miles northwest of Staples, Minnesota, 1,288 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,305 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SAZ · ICAO KSAZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Staples
- Elevation
- 1,288 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,305 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 24 ft high 285 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 53 ft high 1,137 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Brainerd and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.05 | |
| Saz and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 218-894-3666.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Staples from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Staples, Minnesota: 6 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 balloon. 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, 0 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 runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- 7 feet brush, 45 feet dist, 189 feet R.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
- Ultralight traffic 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.