Winter Airfield
SD55 · Huron, South Dakota · Beadle County · map
Winter Airfield is a private airport, 4 miles southwest of Huron, South Dakota, 1,323 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SD55
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,323 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1993
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Huron Regional (5 nm northeast), Mitchell Municipal (34 nm south), Clark County (42 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Huron Regional (5 nm northeast), Wessington Springs Airport (19 nm southwest), Miller Municipal (32 nm northwest), Mitchell Municipal (34 nm south).
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
- Area 125 feet either side and 200 feet each end be clear of obstructions; obstructions in approaches be removed or lowered or thresholds displaced to provide 20:1 approach slope.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Huron from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Huron, South Dakota: 20 piston singles, 16 turboprops, 9 drones, 1 helicopter. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Huron 46 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 16 turboprops, 9 drones
- Dakota Air Spray LLC 15 aircraft in town
- Tj Watersense LLC 3 aircraft in town
- H & T Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,272 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD55.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.