Lee Airport
SD83 · De Smet, South Dakota · Kingsbury County · map
Lee Airport is a private airport, 12 miles ssw of De Smet, South Dakota, 1,555 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SD83
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,555 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
- December 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,400 × 60 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in De Smet from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in De Smet, South Dakota: 5 piston singles, 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.
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
- Provided scaled eng drawing of airport plan for safety evaluation; obstructions cleared 125 feet from either side of runway; centerline and 200 feet from either end; obstructions removed from runway approach slope surface.
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.