Pierre Regional
PIR · KPIR · Pierre, South Dakota · Hughes County · map
Pierre Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pierre, 3 miles east of Pierre, South Dakota, 1,744 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,900 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 65 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 6 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 31,960 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14,885 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Pierre Regional?
Its FAA code is PIR, and its ICAO code is KPIR.
Where is Pierre Regional?
It is 3 miles east of Pierre, South Dakota, 1,744 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Pierre Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 6,900 feet long.
Does Pierre Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Pierre Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Pierre Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Joe Foss Field, Pierre Regional, Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field, Rapid City Regional. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Pierre Regional?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Pierre Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PIR · ICAO KPIR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pierre
- Elevation
- 1,744 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 12:00 am; weekends, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm
- 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
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,900 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 6,880 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, tank 79 ft high 3,158 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Pir and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.025 | |
| Pierre and rco | 122.2 | Pierre |
| Pierre and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.1 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 605-224-6087.
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- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Onida Municipal (21 nm north), Gettysburg Municipal (39 nm north).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airport condition unmon at night from last air carrier arrival/departure till 0500 local.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lights runway 07, 13, 25; PAPI runway 07, 25, 13 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 13/31 -CTAF.
- No
- Taxiway C is 50 feet wide and restrd to aircraft 75000 pounds or less.
- No line of sight between runway ends of runway 07 and 25.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport and WI 25 NM radius.
- Note: see special notices section and aerobatic practice areas.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 910 departures from PIR in those twelve months, carrying 18,621 passengers in 33,200 seats (56% filled), to 10 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 10 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 50 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 2 |
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 31,960, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,460 |
| air taxi and commuter | 7,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,000 |
| general aviation, local | 7,500 |
| military | 500 |
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 Pierre from the FAA register
70 aircraft are registered to owners in Pierre, South Dakota: 48 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Pierre:
- Capital City Air Carrier INC 4 aircraft on the certificate
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pierre 70 aircraft · 48 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 6 piston twins
- Dakota Aircraft INC 8 aircraft in town
- Alliance Aircraft Sales INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aircraft Unlimited INC 4 aircraft in town
- South Dakota Department of Transportation 2 aircraft in town
- Capital City Air Carrier INC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Denver International (DEN) 645 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Joe Foss Field (FSD) 244 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Pierre Regional (PIR) 10 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field (BFF) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Rapid City Regional (RAP) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Federal Express Corporation
- Aberdeen Regional (ABR) 1 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Nashville International (BNA) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Casper/Natrona County International (CPR) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 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 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PIR.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 27, 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.