W L Thompson Airport
SD57 · Pierre, South Dakota · Stanley County · map
W L Thompson Airport is a private airport, 20 miles northwest of Pierre, South Dakota, 2,113 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, N/S, is 2,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SD57
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,113 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1963
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 2,600 × 80 ft | Grass | |
| E/W | 2,400 × 80 ft | Grass | |
| NW/SE | 2,400 × 80 ft | Grass |
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, 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
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.