Joe Foss Field

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 03: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), road 8 ft high 283 ft from the end
• Runway 21: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), rr 27 ft high 1,178 ft from the end
• Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 109 ft high 3,786 ft from the end
• Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 47 ft high 1,455 ft from the end
• Runway 09: tree 71 ft high 2,550 ft from the end
• Runway 27: pole 149 ft high 4,620 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-204-9608.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Marv Skie-Lincoln County (8 nm south), Quentin Aanenson Field (23 nm east), Madison Municipal (30 nm northwest).

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

• Migratory birds within 25 NM primarily between MAR-NOV.
• Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 03 and 21; runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and 15/33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 9/27. When the control tower closed approach lights (MALSR) runway 03 and 21 preset on low intst, to incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03, 21, 15, 33 operates continuously.
• BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1540').
• BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1550').
• BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500').
• BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500').
• Runway 09/27 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
• PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess left and 5 degreess right of centerline.
• PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess right of centerline.
• Also lighted tower; 4962 from runway end; 159 above runway end; 893 R of centerline; 29:1 slope.
• Waterfowl, birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
• East general aviation ramp restricted to 60,000 pounds.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 71,861, 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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Sioux Falls from the FAA register

248 aircraft are registered to owners in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 148 piston singles, 31 business jets, 26 turboprops, 13 balloons, 10 piston twins. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Sioux Falls, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Blue Sky Aviation Service LLC
• Signature Aviation LLC Signature Aviation operates a network of over 200 private aviation terminals (FBOs) in 27 countries across 5 continents, providing hospitality, ground services, and fuel to business, government, and charter aviation customers.

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Dakota Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Sioux Falls Dakota Aviation offers flight training at Canton Airport (7G9) near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under Part 61.
• Mockingbird Flying Club 3 aircraft · Sioux Falls Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota.
• Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Sioux Falls
• Legacy Aviation LLC 10 aircraft · Tea, 9 miles away Legacy Aviation is an FAA-certified Part 141 flight school based in Tea, South Dakota, near Sioux Falls.

Charter operators and airlines based in Sioux Falls:

• Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft on the certificate
• Sanford Health 5 aircraft on the certificate
• Mris, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
• Avera Mckennan 3 aircraft on the certificate
• Direct Charter and Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in Sioux Falls:

• Elite Aircraft Services LLC
• Southwest Aviation INC

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles