South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field
SGS · KSGS · South St Paul, Minnesota · Dakota County · map
South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of South Saint Paul, 2 miles south of South St Paul, Minnesota, 821 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 236 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 8 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 51,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
Its FAA code is SGS, and its ICAO code is KSGS.
Where is South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
It is 2 miles south of South St Paul, Minnesota, 821 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas.
Are there flight schools at South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Prescott Flying Club INC and 09Y Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field?
8 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SGS · ICAO KSGS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of South Saint Paul
- Elevation
- 821 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 900 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,369 ft from the end
- Runway 34: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 64 ft high 1,750 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | |
| Sgs and aWOS-3 | 119.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 651-457-8120.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, beach gear, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Wipline Seaplane Base (2 nm southeast), St. Paul Downtown Holman Field (5 nm north), Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (8 nm west).
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 Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 34; activate or incr intst PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Calm wind runway.
- Fqt hop ovr mississippi river east of airport below 2200 feet above sea level.
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 217 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 5 |
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 51,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 9,000 |
| general aviation, local | 42,000 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in South St Paul from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in South St Paul, Minnesota: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Prescott Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · South Saint Paul, 2 miles away Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area.
- 09Y Flying Club 1 aircraft · South Saint Paul, 2 miles away Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area.
- Wallys Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Saint Paul, 7 miles away
- Mn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft · Minneapolis, 9 miles away Minnesota Helicopters Inc.
- Aero Flight Flying Club 1 aircraft · Minneapolis, 9 miles away Club Cherokee is a non-profit, equity-based flying club based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Tailwinds Flying Club 3 aircraft · Lake Elmo, 11 miles away Tailwinds Flying Club is a flying club based at Lake Elmo, Minnesota (21D) that allows members to co-own and share the costs of aircraft.
- Fly Well Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Roseville, 12 miles away Flywell Flying Club is a flying club based at Anoka County Airport near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Lake Elmo Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Vadnais Heights, 14 miles away Lake Elmo Aero is a flight school located at Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota offering flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and instructor certifications, as well as tailwheel endorsements and discovery fli
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 13 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (8 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (17 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (17 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (18 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (18 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Barbara Ann Mack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Hangar · Blaine, MN (20 nm) · (612) 554-1233 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Stanton, MN (23 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (46 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
All 55 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 2 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in South St Paul 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Prescott Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- 09Y Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Wallys Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,928 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SGS.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 22, 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.