Sturgis Municipal
49B · Sturgis, South Dakota · Meade County · map
Sturgis Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sturgis, 4 miles east of Sturgis, South Dakota, 3,255 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 5,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49B
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sturgis
- Elevation
- 3,255 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1994
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,580 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 05: hill 41 ft high 1,099 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | |
| 49B AWOS-3P | 119.275 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Rapid City Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 605-347-3356.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Sturgis from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Sturgis, South Dakota: 26 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29; PAPI runway 11 and 29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 (4 clicks to ellsworth approach and 6 clicks to denver center)
- High vol of aircraft oprng in the vicinity of of MT rushmore and crazy horse monuments at or below 7500 feet; pilots are advised to mnt 122.85 for traffic advisories.
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.