Platte Municipal
1D3 · Platte, South Dakota · Charles Mix County · map
Platte Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Platte, 1 mile northeast of Platte, South Dakota, 1,618 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 10 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 696 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Platte Municipal?
Its FAA code is 1D3.
Where is Platte Municipal?
It is 1 mile northeast of Platte, South Dakota, 1,618 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Platte Municipal?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,100 feet long, concrete.
Does Platte Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Platte Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Platte Municipal?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Platte Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1D3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Platte
- Elevation
- 1,618 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,100 × 60 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 18 ft high 578 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| 1D3 AWOS-3P | 118.225 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 605-335-7028.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Gregory Muni/Flynn Field (27 nm southwest), Chamberlain Municipal (30 nm northwest), Parkston Municipal (37 nm east), Mitchell Municipal (41 nm northeast).
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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Deer and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 ( 4 clicks to minneapolis center and 6 clikcs to flight services)
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 9 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 696, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 96 |
| general aviation, local | 600 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Platte from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Platte, South Dakota: 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Platte 12 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twins
- 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/1D3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.