Kimball Municipal
6A6 · Kimball, South Dakota · Brule County · map
Kimball Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kimball, 2 miles northwest of Kimball, South Dakota, 1,755 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,625 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Kimball Municipal?
Its FAA code is 6A6.
Where is Kimball Municipal?
It is 2 miles northwest of Kimball, South Dakota, 1,755 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kimball Municipal?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,625 feet long, grass.
Does Kimball Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kimball Municipal?
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
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6A6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kimball
- Elevation
- 1,755 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,625 × 250 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: road 16 ft high 320 ft from the end
- Runway 31: road 25 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Chamberlain Municipal (15 nm west), Gregory Muni/Flynn Field (37 nm southwest), Mitchell Municipal (41 nm east), Winner Regional (43 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Chamberlain Municipal (15 nm west), Platte Municipal (22 nm south), Wessington Springs Airport (27 nm northeast), Corsica Municipal (32 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
- Runway marked with white and black cones.
- Runway marked with white and black cones.
- Airport closed for night operations.
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
- Looking…
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kimball from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Kimball, South Dakota: 5 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, 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 · 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. 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 Kimball 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- S e D Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,272 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6A6.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.