Madison Municipal
MDS · KMDS · Madison, South Dakota · Lake County · map
Madison Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Madison, 1 mile northeast of Madison, South Dakota, 1,718 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,000 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MDS · ICAO KMDS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Madison
- Elevation
- 1,718 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 7 DAYS A WEEK, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- 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
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1965
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,380 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mds and aWOS-3 | 118.35 | |
| Apt Remark 3 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Sioux Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 605-427-9380.
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 Madison from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Madison, South Dakota: 60 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 business jet. 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 · 3 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 and runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03/21 marked withblack and white cones.
- ULTRA-LIGHT activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 (4 clicks to minneapolis center and 6 clicks to flight services)
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.