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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Madison Municipal (25 nm southeast), Huron Regional (29 nm west), Mitchell Municipal (32 nm southwest), Brookings Regional (34 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Madison Municipal (25 nm southeast), Huron Regional (29 nm west), Mitchell Municipal (32 nm southwest), Brookings Regional (34 nm east).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in De Smet 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD83.json.
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 27, 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.