Rugby Municipal Airport (ICAO: KRUG, FAA LID: RUG) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Rugby, a city in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. It is owned by the Rugby Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Rugby Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KRUG FAA LID: RUG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Rugby Airport Authority
Serves	Rugby, North Dakota
Elevation AMSL	1,548 ft / 472 m
Coordinates	48°23′25″N 100°01′27″W
Map
RUG Location of airport in North Dakota
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 3,604 1,098 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 4,050 Based aircraft 14
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RUG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned RUG to Rugao Air Base in Rugao, China).[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

Rugby Municipal Airport covers an area of 280 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 1,548 feet (472 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,604 by 60 feet (1,098 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 3, 2011, the airport had 4,050 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 91% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, and 7% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• Rugby Municipal (RUG) at North Dakota Aeronautics Commission airport directory
• Aerial image as of June 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for RUG, effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RUG
  • AirNav airport information for KRUG
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures