Sturgis Municipal Airport (South Dakota)

Sturgis Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 49B) is a city-owned public-use airport located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the central business district of Sturgis, a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Sturgis Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Sturgis
ServesSturgis, South Dakota
Elevation AMSL3,243 ft / 988 m
Coordinates44°25′05″N 103°22′32″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 5,100 1,554 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations23,000
Based aircraft46

Facilities and aircraft

Sturgis Municipal Airport covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) at an elevation of 3,243 feet (988 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with a concrete surface measuring 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 m × 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 13, 2016, the airport had 36,000 aircraft operations, an average of 99 per day: 99 percent general aviation and 2 percent air taxi. At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 92 percent single-engine and 8 percent multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 49B PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
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