Lac Qui Parle County
DXX · KDXX · Madison, Minnesota · Lac Qui Parle County · map
Lac Qui Parle County is a public-use airport owned by Madison/Lac Qui Parle County, 2 miles southeast of Madison, Minnesota, 1,083 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KDXX · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (30°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDXX 062015Z AUTO 31011KT 10SM CLR 30/04 A2977 RMK AO2 T03050044
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DXX · ICAO KDXX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Madison/Lac Qui Parle County
- Elevation
- 1,083 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,003 × 135 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Dxx and aWOS-3PT | 118.975 | |
| Watertown and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 320-598-3863.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Madison from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Madison, Minnesota: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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 or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset low intst sunset to sunrise.
- Also city of Madison and Lac Qui Parle County.
- Available H24 via credit card.
- Not plowed winter months.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow 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.