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6E5 Wilder Airport
Desmet, South Dakota, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 JANUARY 2026

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 22 January 2026 at 0901Z to 19 February 2026 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 16-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0013:00
Sunrise07:3013:30
Sunset17:5923:59
Evening civil twilight18:2900:29

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Feb-2026 23:56:16
Local (UTC-6)  16-Feb-2026 17:56:16
 
METAR
TAF
KHON 
29nm W 		161729Z 1618/1718 12007KT P6SM SKC FM170000 12007KT P6SM SCT220 FM170600 13009G18KT P6SM BKN100 FM171100 12012G20KT P6SM OVC060 FM171400 12015G25KT P6SM OVC025 WS020/14045KT
KATY 
33nm NE 		161738Z 1618/1718 09008KT P6SM SKC FM170500 12011G17KT P6SM BKN200 FM171400 11016G25KT P6SM OVC150 FM171600 11018G27KT P6SM BKN110 WS020/14045KT
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