Lemmon Municipal
LEM · KLEM · Lemmon, South Dakota · Perkins County · map
Lemmon Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lemmon, 3 miles southeast of Lemmon, South Dakota, 2,573 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 4,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LEM · ICAO KLEM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lemmon
- Elevation
- 2,573 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,499 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,277 × 120 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 13 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Lem and vor | 111.4 | |
| Dickinson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 |
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Aircraft registered in Lemmon from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Lemmon, South Dakota: 7 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway 06/24 marked with black and white mkr cones.
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.