Whipple Ranch Airport
SD65 · Wilmot, South Dakota · Roberts County · map
Whipple Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Whipple Ranch, INC., 6 miles west of Wilmot, South Dakota, 1,462 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SD65
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Whipple Ranch, INC.
- Elevation
- 1,462 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,300 × 66 ft | Grass |
- Runway 19: pline on the approach
Aircraft registered in Wilmot from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Wilmot, South Dakota: 2 piston singles, 2 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.
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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Filed for record purposes, pvt use.
- And trees.
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.