Brownlee Heliport
15SD · Watertown, South Dakota · Codington County · map
Brownlee Heliport is a private heliport, 3 miles northwest of Watertown, South Dakota, 1,720 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 35 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 15SD
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2012
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 35 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Watertown from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Watertown, South Dakota: 46 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; takeoff/landing area marked.
- 30 feet pole 150 feet south and west of pad.
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 5, 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.