Grand Forks Airport (CZGF), British Columbia
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Grand Forks Airport (CZGF) is a small border-area airport in British Columbia, sitting roughly 47 nautical miles from the nearest metro area and serving as a designated Airport of Entry for Canadian customs clearance. The field offers a single paved runway of 4,300 feet, and cross-border business aviation activity, as tracked by the FAA, remains light and seasonally concentrated. Nearby regional options include Trail Regional Airport and Castlegar / West Kootenay Regional Airport, both within roughly 35 nautical miles.
Runways
Grand Forks Airport has one paved runway, 07/25, 4,300 ft long and 100 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Grand Forks Airport has Canada Border Services Agency clearance available onsite, under a restricted regime rather than general clearance. The terms that apply to a given flight must be confirmed before departure.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Grand Forks Airport recorded 49 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June and July. Business aviation traffic at CZGF concentrates in the summer months, with June through August accounting for the majority of recorded operations.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 10 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is 9.4 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Grand Forks Airport has three airfields within 39 NM. The closest is Trail Regional Airport, 32.44 NM east.
Part of the Kootenays and Okanagan area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CZGF
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Frequently asked questions
Is customs available at CZGF (Grand Forks Airport)?
Yes, Grand Forks Airport is a designated Airport of Entry with customs onsite. Dispatchers should confirm current CANPASS or clearance requirements ahead of arrival, since specific procedural details are not listed in the airport data. The AOE / CAN designation confirms federal clearance is handled on the field rather than at a nearby port.
What runway length is available at CZGF?
Grand Forks Airport (CZGF) has a single paved runway, 07/25, measuring 4,300 feet long and 100 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This matches the airport's maximum paved runway length, so 07/25 is the only option for fixed-wing operations planning into CZGF. There is no secondary runway listed in the current data.
How much business aviation traffic does CZGF see?
CZGF recorded 49 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 54 total annual operations, according to FAA TFMSC data. As a border-adjacent Canadian airport, this figure reflects cross-border traffic seen by the FAA rather than the airport's full operational count. Traffic is light overall, consistent with a modest regional field in British Columbia.
When is business aviation traffic busiest at Grand Forks Airport?
Business aviation traffic at Grand Forks Airport concentrates in the summer months, with June and July each recording 10 operations and August recording 8, according to FAA TFMSC data. Other months show low single-digit activity, and October had no recorded operations. Dispatchers planning summer arrivals should expect the year's highest activity at this Canadian border airport.