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6E5 Wilder Airport
Desmet, South Dakota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 6E5
Lat/Long: 44-25-58.9710N 097-33-29.3760W
44-25.982850N 097-33.489600W
44.4330475,-97.5581600
(estimated)
Elevation: 1730.4 ft. / 527.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03E (2025)
From city: 2 miles N of DESMET, SD
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 57231

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1974
Control tower: no
ARTCC: MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
FSS: HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: HON (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT PAPI RWY 16 & 34; MIRL RWY 16/34 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3P: 118.150 (605-860-2233)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC (ZMP) ON FREQ 126.25/339.8 (HURON RCAG).

Airport Services

Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 3700 x 60 ft. / 1128 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 44-26.268117N44-25.697567N
Longitude: 097-33.638117W097-33.341117W
Elevation: 1728.5 ft.1730.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 157 magnetic, 160 true337 magnetic, 340 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF DESMET
PO BOX 70
DESMET, SD 57231
Phone 605-854-3731
Manager: RYAN PETERSEN
PO BOX 70
DESMET, SD 57231
Phone 605-860-1547

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 23 January 2025 at 0901Z to 20 February 2025 at 0900z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16   download (240KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34   download (235KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (175KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (412KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

8D7 - Clark County Airport (28 nm N)
KHON - Huron Regional Airport (29 nm W)
KMDS - Madison Municipal Airport (32 nm SE)
KBKX - Brookings Regional Airport (33 nm E)
KATY - Watertown Regional Airport (34 nm NE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 02-Feb-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:1813:18
Sunrise07:4913:49
Sunset17:4023:40
Evening civil twilight18:1000:10

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-Feb-2025 06:23:48
Local (UTC-6)  02-Feb-2025 00:23:48
 
METAR
TAF
KHON 
29nm W 		020530Z 0206/0306 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM021200 34006KT P6SM BKN240 FM021600 36010G16KT P6SM BKN240 FM022100 02010KT P6SM OVC050 PROB30 0222/0302 5SM -SHSN OVC025 FM030300 05009KT P6SM OVC025
KATY 
33nm NE 		020522Z 0206/0306 VRB05KT P6SM FEW250 FM021200 30008KT P6SM SCT150 FM021800 36011KT P6SM BKN150 FM030200 05009KT 4SM -SN BR OVC040 FM030400 05010KT 1SM -SN BR OVC025
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