Airports / Minnesota / CKN
Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field
KCKN / CKNCrookston, MinnesotaELEV 899 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#7 / 38
Minnesota airports by Google rating
4.9★ across 8 Google ratings — ranked against 38 rated MN fields.
22 nm
To the nearest alternate
Thief River Falls Regional Airport (TVF) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field (KCKN / CKN) sits in Crookston, Minnesota, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 899 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
CKN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Thief River Falls Regional Airport (TVF, 22 nm), Grand Forks International Airport (GFK, 23 nm), and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR, 32 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CKN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CKN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
FBO & ground handling
2/5 reviews“Nice clean and friendly small FBO.”
John Reitmeier5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
2/5 reviews“Nice clean and friendly small FBO.”
John Reitmeier5★ on Google
Staff & service
2/5 reviews“Nice clean and friendly small FBO.”
John Reitmeier5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KCKN
IATA
CKN
FAA / Local
CKN
Elevation
899 ft
Coordinates
47.8417° N · 96.6216° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs MN fields
state range 656–1,799 ft
At 899 ft, CKN sits lower than 88% of the 43 Minnesota fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 22nmTVFThief River Falls Regional AirportThief River Falls
- 23nmGFKGrand Forks International AirportGrand Forks
- 32nmRDRGrand Forks Air Force BaseGrand Forks
- 56nmFARHector International AirportFargo
- 71nmBJIBemidji Regional AirportBemidji
- 93nmDVLDevils Lake Regional AirportDevils Lake
Location
Open the full mapKCKN · Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Field · Crookston, MN
From the ramp
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