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

Howard Field

SD53 · Beresford, South Dakota · Clay County · map

Howard Field is a private airport, 13 miles southwest of Beresford, South Dakota, 1,250 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,906 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA SD53
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,250 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Omaha sectional
Magnetic variation: 6E
In the FAA's files since: June 1998

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
18/36	1,906 × 75 ft	Grass

Runway 18: threshold displaced 800 ft, plines on the approach

Aircraft registered in Beresford from the FAA register

12 aircraft are registered to owners in Beresford, South Dakota: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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 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

Harold Davidson Field VMR · 10 nm southwest Chan Gurney Municipal YKN · 25 nm west Graham Field 7K7 · 26 nm southeast Canton Municipal 7G9 · 26 nm northeast Hartington Muni/Bud Becker Field 0B4 · 27 nm southwest LE Mars Municipal LRJ · 28 nm east Sioux County Regional SXK · 29 nm east Glenwood Field SD29 · 6 nm northwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided area 125 feet either side of runway and 200 feet off runway ends is clear and any obstruction be removed or lowered or thlds displaced.
Powerlines north; south and west of runway.
Tower located 1 mile north and 3/4 mile east.

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.