# Piney Pinecreek Border Airport (48Y)

**Piney Pinecreek Border Airport** (FAA: 48Y) is a small airport in Pinecreek, Minnesota, United States. It opened on 29 Jul 1953. It closed on 27 Dec 2024. It has one runway, 3,298 ft (1,005 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/48y

## At a glance

- FAA: 48Y
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pinecreek, Minnesota, United States
- Opened: 29 Jul 1953 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: 27 Dec 2024 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,078 ft / 329 m
- Coordinates: 48.9996, -95.9826
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,298 ft / 1,005 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Pinecreek_Border_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195627
- Weather station: KROX
- Ident: 48Y

## Timeline

- 29 Jul 1953: Piney Pinecreek Border Airport opens.
- 27 Dec 2024: Piney Pinecreek Border Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,298 ft / 1,005 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,298 ft / 1,005 m | =13,566 of 29,858 | =5,674 in North America | =4,767 in US |
| Elevation | 1,078 ft / 329 m | =16,531 of 43,403 | =7,269 in North America | =5,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 134.750 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ROX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krox.md) Roseau Municipal Rudy Billberg Field · 16 mi / 26 km
- [RRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krrt.md) Warroad International Memorial Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [CKA4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cka4.md) Zhoda Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [27MN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/27mn.md) Lake Bronson Airport · 36 mi / 57 km
- [87MN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/87mn.md) Erickson Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [23D](https://dromopedia.com/airports/23d.md) Karlstad Municipal Airport · 39 mi / 62 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Piney Pinecreek Border Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piney_Pinecreek_Border_Airport&oldid=1363071596), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/48y/data