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), 50 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Mon 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 3:00 am CDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the north at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFSD 112156Z 21008KT 10SM BKN250 28/13 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP042 T02780128
TAF KFSD 111720Z 1118/1218 20011KT P6SM SCT250 FM112300 25007KT P6SM BKN250 FM120100 VRB05KT P6SM SCT200 FM120800 01006KT P6SM SCT100
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
2 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- B738 at 37,000 ft, 66 nm west, 4:25 pm CDT (21:25 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed, and in English
FSD UA /OV FSD255065/TM 2125/FL370/TP B738/TB LGT CHOP
- Report
- a routine report filed through FSD
- Where
- 65 nm west (255°) of FSD
- Time
- 21:25 UTC
- Height
- at 37,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B738
- Turbulence
- light chop
- C182 at 4,500 ft, 79 nm south, 4:02 pm CDT (21:02 UTC): moderate turbulence.
as filed, and in English
SUX UA /OV SUX170003/TM 2102/FL045/TP C182/TB CONS MOD
- Report
- a routine report filed through SUX
- Where
- 3 nm south (170°) of SUX
- Time
- 21:02 UTC
- Height
- at 4,500 ft
- Aircraft
- C182
- Turbulence
- continuous moderate
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (FSD), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 200° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 20 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 240° at 26 kt, 13 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 19 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 25 kt, -9 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 11,138 departures from FSD in those twelve months, carrying 749,101 passengers in 906,860 seats (83% filled), to 94 destinations (3 abroad) on 27 airlines.
All 94 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 55 |
| multi-engine | 34 |
| jets | 4 |
| other | 18 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 71,861, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 16,348 |
| air taxi and commuter | 17,400 |
| general aviation, travelling | 26,351 |
| general aviation, local | 8,043 |
| military | 3,719 |
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.
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
249 aircraft are registered to owners in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 149 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
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.
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 handling, and support services for business, government, and charter flights.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Sioux Falls, by their names on the register:
- Mockingbird Flying Club 2 aircraft Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota.
- Mockingbird Flying Club INC 1 aircraft Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota.
- Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft
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:
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners.
- Kay Ann West private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 360-4432 · kaysky@aol.com
- Tucker Ulmer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 840-1605 · tucker.ulmer@gmail.com
- Rick Vanderweide private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Renner, SD (5 nm) · (605) 929-8466 · sixwillwin@gmail.com
- Morris Alan Riggin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Riggin Flight Service · Madison, SD (30 nm) · (605) 256-9774 · riggin-flight-service@hotmail.com
- Daniel Dean Vander Weide private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Orange City, IA (44 nm) · (712) 540-4142 · e120flyboy@hotmail.com
- Sheldon Andrew Rasmussen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brookings, SD (44 nm) · (605) 695-5216 · rasmussen4@swiftel.net
All 14 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sioux Falls 249 aircraft · 149 piston singles, 31 business jets, 26 turboprops
- Ryan Good Aviation LLC 10 aircraft in town
- Poet INC 7 aircraft in town
- Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft in town
- Avera Mckennan 6 aircraft in town
- Blue Sky Aviation Service LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Signature Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sanford Health 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mris, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Avera Mckennan 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mockingbird Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Mockingbird Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Elite Aircraft Services LLC · repair station
- Southwest Aviation INC · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,501 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Denver International (DEN) 1,800 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 1,751 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,055 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 657 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Rapid City Regional (RAP) 440 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Phoenix (AZA) 369 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 358 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,272 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FSD.json.
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 9, 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.