Faulkton Municipal
3FU · Faulkton, South Dakota · Faulk County · map
Faulkton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Faulkton, 1 mile east of Faulkton, South Dakota, 1,571 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,249 feet of asphalt. It has about 13 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,560 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3FU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Faulkton
- Elevation
- 1,571 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,249 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 254 ft, road 16 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 31: fence 5 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,560, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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Aircraft registered in Faulkton from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Faulkton, South Dakota: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 13 4 feet fence 200 feet right 415 feet from threshold; top of fence below runway end elevation.
- Runway 13 markings very faded.
- Runway 31 markings very faded.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced thld.
- Wildlife and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.