Bowdle Municipal
8SD · Bowdle, South Dakota · Edmunds County · map
Bowdle Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bowdle, 1 mile southwest of Bowdle, South Dakota, 1,963 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,600 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Bowdle Municipal?
Its FAA code is 8SD.
Where is Bowdle Municipal?
It is 1 mile southwest of Bowdle, South Dakota, 1,963 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bowdle Municipal?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,600 feet long, grass.
Does Bowdle Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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 8SD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bowdle
- Elevation
- 1,963 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,600 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
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
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Gettysburg Municipal (30 nm southwest), Mobridge Municipal (31 nm west), Onida Municipal (48 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hoven Municipal (12 nm southwest), Gettysburg Municipal (30 nm southwest), Mobridge Municipal (31 nm west), Ashley Municipal (38 nm north).
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 13 has 4 feet fence 200 feet from threshold.
- Marked with yellow and black metal A-FRAME mkrs.
- Marked with yellow and black metal A-FRAME mkrs.
- Runway 31 has 4 feet fence 250 feet from threshold.
- Airport closed 1 NOV-15 apr.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport
- Airport closed sunset to sunrise.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bowdle from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Bowdle, South Dakota: 1 piston single. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bowdle 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- 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 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8SD.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 28, 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.