Wessington Springs Airport
4X4 · Wessington Springs, South Dakota · Jerauld County · map
Wessington Springs Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wessington Springs, 2 miles east of Wessington Springs, South Dakota, 1,544 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 5 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 150 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Wessington Springs Airport?
Its FAA code is 4X4.
Where is Wessington Springs Airport?
It is 2 miles east of Wessington Springs, South Dakota, 1,544 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Wessington Springs Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,600 feet long, asphalt.
Does Wessington Springs Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wessington Springs Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wessington Springs Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Wessington Springs Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4X4
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wessington Springs
- Elevation
- 1,544 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2003
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,600 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 25 ft high 832 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Huron and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.25 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Huron Regional (23 nm northeast), Mitchell Municipal (27 nm southeast), Chamberlain Municipal (38 nm southwest), Parkston Municipal (47 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in South Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- See alp ltr dated june 6, 1996.
- Rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 12 and 30 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 30 |
| general aviation, local | 120 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wessington Springs from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Wessington Springs, South Dakota: 5 piston singles, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wessington Springs 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/4X4.json.
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 27, 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.