Mitchell Municipal
MHE · KMHE · Mitchell, South Dakota · Davison County · map
Mitchell Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mitchell, 3 miles north of Mitchell, South Dakota, 1,304 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,701 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMHE · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMHE 061853Z AUTO 24004KT 8SM CLR 28/09 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02830089
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MHE · ICAO KMHE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mitchell
- Elevation
- 1,304 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 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
- November 1937
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,701 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,513 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Mhe and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.175 | |
| Huron and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.25 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-995-5803.
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 Mitchell from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Mitchell, South Dakota: 30 piston singles, 7 drones, 5 piston twins, 3 business jets, 2 helicopters. 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 · 7 since 1982, 2 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
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31, runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 18, PAPI runway 13, 31, 18 and 36, high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours a day.
- Ultralight activate on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.