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Sisseton Municipal

8D3 · Sisseton, South Dakota · Roberts County · map

Sisseton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sisseton, 3 miles east of Sisseton, South Dakota, 1,162 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes: FAA 8D3
Kind: Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner: City of Sisseton
Elevation: 1,162 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: tiedown
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation: 3E
In the FAA's files since: April 1946

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
16/34	3,400 × 60 ft	Asphalt, excellent	Medium-intensity lights
04/22	1,914 × 150 ft	Grass, good

Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left
Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)	122.9
Watertown and center (remote transmitter) Low	128.5

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Aircraft registered in Sisseton from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Sisseton, South Dakota: 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

1986-06-05DEN86LA152 · Aeronca 7Ac N84693 · accident · minor injuries

1983-01-15DEN83FA049 · Robinson R22 N9079B · accident · 1 killed

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

Wheaton Municipal ETH · 20 nm east Lidgerwood Municipal 4N4 · 26 nm north Cdp Hospital Heliport SD17 · 2 nm west · private Whipple Ranch Airport SD65 · 14 nm south · private Essentia Health Graceville Heliport MN36 · 24 nm east · private Johnsons Aero Repair Airport MY68 · 26 nm east · private Wetherbee Farm Airport 1MN0 · 29 nm northeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Runway 04 +4' fence 300' from threshold and 175' from threshold and 125' from centerline.
Activate PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
Runway 04/22 closed winter months.
Runway 04/22 marked with black and white cones.
Runway 16 +4' fence 460' from threshold.
Runway 22 +4' fence 300' from threshold and 85' L from centerline and 240' from threshold 125' L from centerline.
Runway 34 +4' fence 285' from threshold.
Waterfowl and gulls around and in the vicinity of airport.

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.