Bison Municipal
6V5 · Bison, South Dakota · Perkins County · map
Bison Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Bison City in Bison, South Dakota, 2,791 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6V5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Bison City
- Elevation
- 2,791 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,500 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Bison from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Bison, South Dakota: 2 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 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 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
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.