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Brown Field

3SD3 · Scenic, South Dakota · Custer County · map

Brown Field is a private airport, 7 miles wnw of Scenic, South Dakota, 2,780 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,600 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 3SD3
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
2,780 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Cheyenne sectional
In the FAA's files since
May 2004

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/361,600 × 45 ftGrass

Aircraft registered in Scenic from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Scenic, South Dakota: 2 piston singles. 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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • 25 feet powerline 250 feet west, 50 feet grain bin 300 feet west. And 25 feet buildings 200 feet northwest of runway.

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.