Waskish Municipal
VWU · KVWU · Waskish, Minnesota · Beltrami County · map
Waskish Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town Board of Waskish, 1 mile south of Waskish, Minnesota, 1,185 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,992 feet of grass.
Weather right now KVWU · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.73 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 KVWU 062115Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2973 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 VWU · ICAO KVWU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town Board of Waskish
- Elevation
- 1,185 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,992 × 140 ft | Grass, fair |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Vwu and aWOS-3PT | 124.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 218-647-8415.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Waskish from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Waskish, Minnesota: 3 piston singles. 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 · 1 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
- Estabd bfr 1959.
- Elec outlets available near tie-downs.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Grass had svrl bare spots with sand showing through.
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.