# Thief River Falls Regional Airport (TVF / KTVF) **Thief River Falls Regional Airport** (IATA: TVF, ICAO: KTVF) is a medium airport in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. It opened in Jul 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,504 ft (1,982 m). In 2025 it handled 16 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktvf ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: TVF / KTVF - FAA: TVF - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States - Opened: Jul 1945 - Elevation: 1,119 ft / 341 m - Coordinates: 48.0657, -96.1850 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 6,504 ft / 1,982 m - Instrument procedures: 6 approaches - Passengers: 16,381 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago - Website: http://www.trfairport.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_River_Falls_Regional_Airport (8 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7783980 - Weather station: KTVF - Ident: KTVF ## Timeline - Jul 1945: Thief River Falls Regional Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 13/31 | 6,504 ft / 1,982 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes | | 04/22 | 4,997 ft / 1,523 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05201AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2015 | 2,086 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 7,056 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 11,323 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 9,689 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 10,040 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 5,073 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 14,140 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 17,148 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 16,137 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 17,275 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 16,381 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (1) - [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 262 mi / 421 km · Denver Air Connection ### Cargo (4) - [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · United States · 85 mi / 136 km · Alpine Air Express, DHL Express, Freight Runners Express, FedEx Express - [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 262 mi / 421 km · DHL Express, FedEx Express - [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 862 mi / 1,387 km · United Parcel Service - [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 954 mi / 1,536 km · FedEx Express ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TVF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (1) - [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 1 ### Cargo (5) - FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 3 - [DHL Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-express) · 2 - 5A [Alpine Air Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alpine-air-express) · 1 - FRG [Freight Runners Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freight-runners-express) · 1 - [United Parcel Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-parcel-service) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 16K (2025) | #2,514 of 3,974 | #596 in North America | #412 in US | | Longest runway | 6,504 ft / 1,982 m | #4,055 of 29,858 | #992 in North America | #751 in US | | Elevation | 1,119 ft / 341 m | =16,004 of 43,403 | =7,019 in North America | =5,545 in US | | Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | AWOS | AWOS 3 | 108.400 | | CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 132.150 | | RDO | PRINCETON RDO | 108.400 | | UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 | ## Nearby airports - [GFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgfk.md) Grand Forks International Airport · 47 mi / 75 km - [RDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdr.md) Grand Forks Air Force Base · 57 mi / 91 km - [BJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbji.md) Bemidji Regional Airport · 70 mi / 112 km - [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · 84 mi / 136 km - [BDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbde.md) Baudette International Airport · 85 mi / 138 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [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: “Thief River Falls Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thief_River_Falls_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364310593), revision of 15 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/ktvf/data