Pipestone Municipal
PQN · KPQN · Pipestone, Minnesota · Pipestone County · map
Pipestone Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pipestone, 1 mile southeast of Pipestone, Minnesota, 1,737 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,306 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPQN · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 KPQN 062115Z AUTO 32005KT 9SM CLR 29/05 A2983 RMK AO2 T02910052
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 PQN · ICAO KPQN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pipestone
- Elevation
- 1,737 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,306 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,522 × 196 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 13 ft high 412 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: crops 10 ft high 22 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Pqn and aWOS-3PT | 119.0 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Sioux Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 507-825-6895.
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 Pipestone from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Pipestone, Minnesota: 12 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 Minnesota.
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Not plowed winter months.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and 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.