Standing Rock Airport
Y27 · Fort Yates, North Dakota · Sioux County · map
Standing Rock Airport is a public-use airport owned by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 1 mile south of Fort Yates, North Dakota, 1,634 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,699 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 250 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Standing Rock Airport?
Its FAA code is Y27.
Where is Standing Rock Airport?
It is 1 mile south of Fort Yates, North Dakota, 1,634 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Standing Rock Airport?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,699 feet long, asphalt.
Does Standing Rock Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Standing Rock Airport?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Y27
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Elevation
- 1,634 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,699 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 15 ft high 440 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Linton Municipal (19 nm northeast), Mobridge Municipal (33 nm south), Bismarck Municipal (43 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: MC Laughlin Municipal (17 nm south), Linton Municipal (19 nm northeast), Mobridge Municipal (33 nm south), Mandan Rgnl/Lawler Field (43 nm north).
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 North Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Apt beacon operates continuously DUSK-2400; aft 2400 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate PAPI runway 14 and 32 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 operates continuously DUSK-0000; aft 0000 activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gate code protected - local zip code.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 150 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Yates from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Yates, ND as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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
- Accidents and incidents in North Dakota 581 since 1982 · 59 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Dakota 89 landing places
- North Dakota 2,492 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Y27.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.