Corsica Municipal
D65 · Corsica, South Dakota · Douglas County · map
Corsica Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Corsica, 1 mile northeast of Corsica, South Dakota, 1,580 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,400 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA D65
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Corsica
- Elevation
- 1,580 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,400 × 150 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: fence 6 ft high 120 ft from the end
- Runway 35: road 15 ft high 330 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Corsica from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Corsica, South Dakota: 4 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 17 marked with white and black tipped mkr cones.
- Runway 35 marked with white and black tipped mkr cones.
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.