# Washburn Municipal Airport (5C8)

**Washburn Municipal Airport** (FAA: 5C8) is a small airport in Washburn, North Dakota, United States. It opened in Dec 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,700 ft (1,128 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k5c8

## At a glance

- FAA: 5C8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Washburn, North Dakota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1943
- Elevation: 1,908 ft / 582 m
- Coordinates: 47.3512, -101.0259
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,700 ft / 1,128 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476263
- Weather station: K1CN
- Ident: K5C8

## Timeline

- Dec 1943: Washburn Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 17/35 | 2,204 ft / 672 m | 135 ft / 41 m | Grass | 180° / 360° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | =11,541 of 29,858 | =4,594 in North America | =3,836 in US |
| Elevation | 1,908 ft / 582 m | #9,340 of 43,403 | #4,224 in North America | #3,199 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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- [NA79](https://dromopedia.com/airports/na79.md) Philbrick Private Airstrip · 7.7 mi / 12 km
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- [NA12](https://dromopedia.com/airports/na12.md) Johnson Private Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
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## 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)
- [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/k5c8/data