Nicolaisen Airport
2SD4 · Mount Vernon, South Dakota · Davison County · map
Nicolaisen Airport is a private airport, 2 miles south of Mount Vernon, South Dakota, 1,440 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2SD4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,440 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1998
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 2,800 × 50 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mitchell Municipal (11 nm northeast), Parkston Municipal (22 nm southeast), Huron Regional (42 nm north), Chamberlain Municipal (46 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mitchell Municipal (11 nm northeast), Corsica Municipal (16 nm south), Parkston Municipal (22 nm southeast), Wessington Springs Airport (25 nm northwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mount Vernon from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Vernon, South Dakota: 2 piston singles, 1 drone. 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.
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 Mount Vernon 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 drones
- 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/2SD4.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.