South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field
SGS · KSGS · South St Paul, Minnesota · Dakota County · map
South St. Paul Muni/Richard E Fleming Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of South Saint Paul, 2 miles south of South St Paul, Minnesota, 821 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KSGS · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 51°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSGS 061935Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A2976 RMK AO2 T02540105
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SGS · ICAO KSGS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of South Saint Paul
- Elevation
- 821 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 900 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1941
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,369 ft from the end
- Runway 34: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 64 ft high 1,750 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | |
| Sgs and aWOS-3 | 119.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 651-457-8120.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in South St Paul from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in South St Paul, Minnesota: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 34; activate or incr intst PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst.
- Fuel available H24 self service via credit card.
- Calm wind runway.
- Fqt hop ovr mississippi river east of airport below 2200 feet above sea level.
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.