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5C8 Washburn Municipal Airport
Washburn, North Dakota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 5C8
Lat/Long: 47-21-04.1360N 101-01-33.2260W
47-21.068933N 101-01.553767W
47.3511489,-101.0258961
(estimated)
Elevation: 1908 ft. / 581.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 10E (1985)
From city: 4 miles N of WASHBURN, ND
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 58577

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 12/1943
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: GRAND FORKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: GFK (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 & PAPI RY 8/26 - CTAF. LOW INTST NOT AVBL.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BISr325/38.3BISMARCK VOR/DME115.6512E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
100LL:24HR SELF-SERVICE FUEL AVBL WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 3700 x 60 ft. / 1128 x 18 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 47-21.005825N47-21.004792N
Longitude: 101-02.022315W101-01.126860W
Elevation: 1907.0 ft.1907.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 080 magnetic, 090 true260 magnetic, 270 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 2204 x 135 ft. / 672 x 41 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: MKD WITH DALGT BOUNDARY MARKERS; BLACK/WHITE CONES.
Operational restrictions: CLSD WINTER MONTHS DUE TO LACK OF SNOW REMOVAL.
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 47-21.356988N47-20.994508N
Longitude: 101-01.518203W101-01.519457W
Elevation: 1903.9 ft.1906.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 170 magnetic, 180 true350 magnetic, 000 true
Markings: , in good condition, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: WASHBURN AIRPORT AUTHORITY
BOX 403
WASHBURN, ND 58577
Phone 701-460-0196
Manager: DON ROBINSON
BOX 403
WASHBURN, ND 58577
Phone 701-460-0196

Additional Remarks

A52-35 +150 FT EAST-WEST TRANSMISSION LINE 9500' SOUTH ON EXTNDD CNTRLN.
+700' SMOKE STACK OF POWER PLANT LOCATED 6 MI WNW OF ARPT.
WATERFOWL, BLACKBIRDS, DEER, & ANTELOPE ON AND INVOF OF ARPT.
CONFIRM WINTER CONDITIONS WITH ARPT MGR AFTER MAJOR STORM PRIOR TO USE - SNOW REMOVAL IRREGULAR SCHEDULE.
FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5C8.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHZE - Mercer County Regional Airport (23 nm W)
D05 - Garrison Municipal Airport (25 nm NW)
Y19 - Mandan Regional Airport/Lawler Field (35 nm S)
KBIS - Bismarck Municipal Airport (37 nm S)
D57 - Glen Ullin Regional Airport (47 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:5113:51
Sunrise08:2614:26
Sunset16:5322:53
Evening civil twilight17:2923:29

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Dec-2025 17:04:13
Local (UTC-6)  16-Dec-2025 11:04:13
 
METAR
KHZE 
23nm W 
161655Z AUTO 28016G22KT 10SM CLR 05/M02 A2959 RMK AO2
KN60 
24nm NW 
161654Z AUTO 29026G40KT 05/00 A2954 RMK AO1 PK WND 30040/1651 SLP016 T00500000
KY19 
35nm S 
161655Z AUTO 28023G29KT 10SM 07/02 A2956 RMK AO2
KBIS 
37nm S 
161652Z 27020G32KT 10SM CLR 09/M01 A2957 RMK AO2 PK WND 27032/1650 SLP027 T00891006
TAF
KBIS 
37nm S 
161128Z 1612/1712 22010KT P6SM BKN200 WS010/30055KT FM161400 27011G21KT P6SM SCT250 WS010/29065KT FM161600 28022G35KT P6SM SCT250 WS010/29060KT FM162300 29018G28KT P6SM FEW250 FM171100 19009KT P6SM BKN140
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