Eureka Municipal
3W8 · Eureka, South Dakota · Mc Pherson County · map
Eureka Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Eureka, 2 miles north of Eureka, South Dakota, 1,935 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 3,100 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3W8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Eureka
- Elevation
- 1,935 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,100 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 1,821 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 07: fence 4 ft high 80 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Eureka from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Eureka, South Dakota: 6 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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 12 &30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 12/30 markings very faded.
- Runway 07/25 marked with white black tipped mkr cones.
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.