Joe Foss Field
FSD · KFSD · Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Minnehaha County · map
Joe Foss Field is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1,430 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 9,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 111 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 71,861 takeoffs and landings a year. About 680,834 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFSD · observed 4:56 pm CDT (21:56 UTC), 56 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm CDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am CDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFSD 062156Z 31009KT 10SM FEW250 29/06 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP093 T02940056
TAF KFSD 061720Z 0618/0718 28006KT P6SM FEW250 FM070300 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM070500 34005KT P6SM FEW200
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 FSD · ICAO KFSD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,430 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 9,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,151 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- 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
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Sioux Falls |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.6 | Sioux Falls |
| Ground | 121.9 | Sioux Falls |
| Approach and departure | 125.8 | Sioux Falls |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Approach and departure | 126.9 | Sioux Falls |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Sioux Falls |
| Sioux Falls Rco | 122.2 | Sioux Falls |
| Sioux Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.05 | Sioux Falls |
| Comd and post | 138.25 | Sioux Falls |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-204-9608.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
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.
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 Sioux Falls from the FAA register
251 aircraft are registered to owners in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 149 piston singles, 31 business jets, 26 turboprops, 14 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.