Thief River Falls Regional
TVF · KTVF · Thief River Falls, Minnesota · Pennington County · map
Thief River Falls Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 1,119 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,504 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KTVF · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.78 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:44 pm CDT (20:44 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 13 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 15 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTVF 062056Z AUTO 30010KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP087 T02000083 51003
TAF KTVF 062044Z 0621/0718 32013KT P6SM BKN250 FM070000 29007KT P6SM SCT250 FM071600 30015G24KT P6SM FEW250
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 TVF · ICAO KTVF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,119 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, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,504 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,997 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,304 ft available for landing
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Tvf and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Grand Forks Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-681-1918.
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 Thief River Falls from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Thief River Falls, Minnesota: 30 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 13, 04, and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 13, 31, 04, and 22 operates continuously.
- Available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 04/22 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport conditions not mntd SUN-FRI 10:00 pm to 5:00 am; Friday 2200-SAT 0600; Saturday 10:30 am to 3:00 pm; Saturday 2000-SUN 0600.
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.