Prairie Lakes West Heliport
0SD2 · Watertown, South Dakota · Codington County · map
Prairie Lakes West Heliport is a private heliport in Watertown, South Dakota, 1,799 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0SD2
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,799 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Watertown Regional (1 nm west), Clark County (25 nm west), Ortonville Muni/Martinson Field (38 nm northeast), Brookings Regional (39 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Watertown Regional (1 nm west), Clark County (25 nm west), The Sigurd Anderson Airport (28 nm northwest), Lake Cochrane Seaplane Base (30 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Approach/departure 060 clkws to 080; area marked; wind indicator maintained; comply with far part 91.126 (6)(2); helos monitor Watertown municipal airport the common traffic frequency; obstructions in approach/departure removed.
- Medical
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Watertown from the FAA register
66 aircraft are registered to owners in Watertown, South Dakota: 44 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Lake Area Technical College 9 aircraft · Watertown, 2 miles away Lake Area Technical College is a technical college in Watertown, South Dakota, serving more than 2,600 students across 30+ programs.
- Lake Area Technical Institute 4 aircraft · Watertown, 2 miles away Lake Area Technical College is a technical college in Watertown, South Dakota that operates an FAA Part 147-certified Aviation Maintenance Technology program.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Watertown 66 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 4 piston twins
- Lake Area Technical College 9 aircraft in town
- Aty Aviation INC 7 aircraft in town
- Lake Area Technical Institute 4 aircraft in town
- Fast AG Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Lake Area Technical College 9 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Lake Area Technical Institute 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/0SD2.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.