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Chris Hofer Landing Strip

3SD4 · Tea, South Dakota · Lincoln County · map

Chris Hofer Landing Strip is a private airport, 2 miles northwest of Tea, South Dakota, 1,515 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,300 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes
FAA 3SD4
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
1,515 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Omaha sectional
In the FAA's files since
June 2004

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/342,300 × 120 ftGrass
  • Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern

Aircraft registered in Tea from the FAA register

24 aircraft are registered to owners in Tea, South Dakota: 19 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Vanguard Squadron INC 6Legacy Aviation LLC 5Updraft Leasing LLC 2Tav8Rs LLC 2Clement Aviation INC 2

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

Marv Skie-Lincoln County Y14 · 3 nm eastJoe Foss Field FSD · 9 nm northeastCanton Municipal 7G9 · 16 nm southeastZangger Vintage Airpark 2VA · 20 nm eastRock Rapids Municipal RRQ · 30 nm eastQuentin Aanenson Field LYV · 30 nm eastWings ON The Prairie Airport 2SD8 · 3 nm north · privateAvera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota Heliport 2SD6 · 4 nm northeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Provided traffic pattern is west of runway to avoid overlap with maro skei airport, clear obstacle free zone, clear runway safety area, and clear 20:1 approaches.
  • All traffic remain west 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.