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Hector International Airport (IATA: FAR, ICAO: KFAR, FAA LID: FAR) is a civil-military public airport three miles (5 km) northwest of Fargo, in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The busiest airport in North Dakota, it is owned by the City of Fargo Municipal Airport Authority. [2] Fargo Air National Guard Base is located adjacent to the ...
In the pre-dawn hours of July 4, a band of thunderstorms developed over far eastern North Dakota. Hector International Airport in northwest Fargo recorded winds in excess of 58 mph (95 km/h) for 40 minutes and a maximum wind gust of 91 mph (146 km/h). Many planes were damaged or overturned.
Tornadoes are possible in North Dakota from April through October, but the peak tornado month is July, followed by June and August. The state averages 13 tornadoes per year. Depending on location, average annual precipitation ranges from 14 in (35.6 cm) to 22 in (55.9 cm). [6] Autumn weather in North Dakota is largely the reverse of spring weather.
This is a list of airports in North Dakota (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state of North Dakota . Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by ...
Fargo Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard facility located at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota. The 119th Wing is based at Fargo and operates the MQ-9A Reaper. [2]
The Fargo tornado is considered the most devastating in North Dakota history, and was one of only two F5 tornadoes that have struck the state, the other occurring four years earlier in 1953. It was the northernmost confirmed F5 tornado until the Elie, Manitoba Tornado on June 22, 2007.
North Dakota air route of 1925 June 9, 1911, a Curtiss Biplane named "Sweetheart" flew at the Fargo Fairgrounds before an audience of 12,000 spectators piloted by Robert "Lucky Bob" St. Henry [2] July 12, 1911 Thomas McGoey flies the first North Dakota designed and built aircraft, the Kenworthy-McGoey flying machine at Grand Forks.
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