Howard Municipal
8D9 · Howard, South Dakota · Miner County · map
Howard Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Howard, 1 mile north of Howard, South Dakota, 1,586 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 2,656 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8D9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Howard
- Elevation
- 1,586 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,656 × 150 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 18/36 | 1,952 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 13: road 14 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 323 ft, trees 40 ft high 528 ft from the end
- Runway 36: fence 4 ft high 80 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Howard from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Howard, South Dakota: 4 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 13 4+ feet fence 45 feet R 300 feet from threshold and 125 feet R 240 feet from threshold.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Runway 18/36 marked with white black tipped mkr cones.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runways closed durng winter months.
- Airport closed for night operations.
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.