Airports · South Dakota · airport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Thorson Airfield

SD05 · Aberdeen, South Dakota · Brown County · map

Thorson Airfield is a private airport, 6 miles south of Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1,300 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,850 feet of grass. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA SD05
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,300 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Fuel: 100 octane avgas
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
Magnetic variation: 7E
In the FAA's files since: January 1971

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
17/35	2,850 × 100 ft	Grass

Aircraft registered in Aberdeen from the FAA register

78 aircraft are registered to owners in Aberdeen, South Dakota: 45 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 7 turboprops, 7 business jets, 5 drones. 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:

Aberdeen Flying Service 5Pocasaw Aerial Solutions LLC 3Hangar 9 INC 3Outka Air LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Aberdeen Regional ABR · 5 nm northeast Groton Municipal 2E6 · 19 nm northeast Braun Airport SD32 · 4 nm north · private Avera St. Luke'S Heliport SD54 · 6 nm north · private Barber Field 30SD · 10 nm northwest · private TC Field 2SD9 · 23 nm west · private Comstock Field 80SD · 25 nm north · private Community Memorial Hospital Heliport SD45 · 30 nm south · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Fence 62' from centerline on west side of runway penetrates primary surface by 4'.

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.