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Pine Ridge Airport

IEN · KIEN · Pine Ridge, South Dakota · Shannon County · map

Pine Ridge Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oglala Sioux Tribe, 2 miles east of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 3,332 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,000 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA IEN · ICAO KIEN
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Elevation
3,332 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Cheyenne sectional
Magnetic variation
7E
In the FAA's files since
May 1961

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1230N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
12/305,000 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 12: power line 29 ft high 841 ft from the end
  • Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 3 ft high 300 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
Ien and automated weather (ASOS)126.775
Crawford and center (remote transmitter) Low127.95

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-229-9337.

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Aircraft registered in Pine Ridge from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Pine Ridge, SD as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2004-07-12CHI04TA193 · Pzl-Mielec M-18T N7077N · accident · no injuries

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

  • Medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and PAPI runway 30 oper DUSK-2230; aft 2230 activate - the common traffic frequency.

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.