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{{short description|Airport in North Dakota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name         = Gwinner–Roger Melroe Field
| image        = 
| IATA         =
| ICAO         = KGWR
| FAA          = GWR
| type         = Public
| owner        = Gwinner Airport Authority
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Gwinner, North Dakota]]
| location     = 
| elevation-f  = 1,266
| elevation-m  = 386
| coordinates  = {{coord|46|13|07|N|097|38|37|W|region:US-ND_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website      = 
| pushpin_map            = USA North Dakota#USA
| pushpin_relief         = yes
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of airport in North Dakota 
| pushpin_label          = '''GWR'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number    = 16/34
| r1-length-f  = 4,986
| r1-length-m  = 1,520
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| r2-number    = 6/24
| r2-length-f  = 2,950
| r2-length-m  = 899
| r2-surface   = Turf
| stat-year    = 2007
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 4,120
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 13
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=GWR|use=PU|own=PU|site=17354.22*A}}, effective 2009-07-02.</ref>
}}

'''Gwinner–Roger Melroe Field''' {{airport codes||KGWR|GWR}} is a public use [[airport]] located one nautical mile (2&nbsp;km) southeast of the [[central business district]] of [[Gwinner, North Dakota|Gwinner]], a city in [[Sargent County, North Dakota|Sargent County]], [[North Dakota]], [[United States]].<ref name="FAA" /> It is owned by the Gwinner Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /> It is also referred to as '''Gwinner Municipal Airfield'''.<ref>[http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lat=46.2186&lon=-97.6436&w=700&h=525 Topographic map of Gwinner Municipal Airfield] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''</ref>

The field is named for Roger Melroe of the Melroe Company in Gwinner, the company that developed the "Bobcat" brand [[skid-steer loader]].

== History ==
In 1967, the Gwinner Municipal Airport Authority proposed to construct a new municipal airport, which was completed in 1969. At the time it had a 3,600 foot lighted asphalt runway and an unlighted 2,500 foot turf strip. In 1975 the asphalt runway was extended from to 5000 feet in length. The airport was rededicated "Roger Melroe Field" in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | title = History of the Gwinner Airport | url = http://www.geocities.com/rogermelroefield/AIRPORT.doc | author = Corwin Waswick | publisher = Gwinner Roger Melroe Field website|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ko1JbPr1?url=http://www.geocities.com/rogermelroefield/AIRPORT.doc| url-status = dead |archivedate=2009-10-26}}</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
The airport covers an area of {{convert|120|acre|ha}} at an [[elevation]] of 1,266 feet (386 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[runway]]s: 16/34 is 4,986 by 60 feet (1,520 x 18 m) with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] pavement; 6/24 is 2,950 by 100 feet (899 x 30 m) with a [[grass|turf]] surface.<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 4,120 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 51% [[air taxi]], 49% [[general aviation]], <1% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]] and 15% multi-engine.<ref name="FAA" />

==See also==
* [[List of airports in North Dakota]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031208190802/http://www.geocities.com/rogermelroefield/gwinner.html Gwinner Roger Melroe Field]
* {{FAA-procedures|GWR|Gwinner–Roger Melroe Field (GWR)}}
* {{US-airport-minor|GWR|GWR}}

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[[Category:Airports in North Dakota]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sargent County, North Dakota]]
[[Category:Transportation in Sargent County, North Dakota]]