Onida Municipal
98D · Onida, South Dakota · Sully County · map
Onida Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Onida, 2 miles west of Onida, South Dakota, 1,885 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 3,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 15 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 98D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Onida
- Elevation
- 1,885 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, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,800 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,160 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 98D AWOS-3P | 120.0 | |
| Pierre and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.1 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Onida from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Onida, South Dakota: 13 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 gyroplanes. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- 150 feet water tower 1.4 mile southeast of runway 31.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and PAPI runway 13 and 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 08/26 closed winter months due to lack of snow removal.
- Runway marked with white and black cones.
- Runway marked with white and black cones.
- ULTRA-LIGHT act around airport.
- Wildlife on 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.