Chan Gurney Municipal
YKN · KYKN · Yankton, South Dakota · Yankton County · map
Chan Gurney Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Yankton, 3 miles north of Yankton, South Dakota, 1,306 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,094 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KYKN · observed 1:56 pm CDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 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 KYKN 061856Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02830128
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 YKN · ICAO KYKN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Yankton
- Elevation
- 1,306 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,094 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,380 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 31: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 7 ft high 385 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 6 ft high 382 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ykn and aWOS-3PT | 119.05 | |
| Sioux City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 605-665-6072.
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 Yankton from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Yankton, South Dakota: 23 piston singles, 4 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Migratory waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; runway end identifier lightss runway 13; PAPI runway 02 and 20; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Paew mowing seasonal.
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.