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KFSD — Joe Foss Fld
Sioux Falls, SD · field elevation 1,430 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
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KFSD current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
METAR KFSD 111156Z 08008KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 23/22 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP101 VIS NW 1 T02280222 10233 20222 56002
- Wind
- from 080° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 300 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,767 ft · pressure altitude 1,490 ft
- Observed
- 17 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 080° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 09 | 7 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 03 | 6 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 15 | 2 kt head | 8 kt from the left |
| 33 | 2 kt tail | 8 kt from the right |
| 21 | 6 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 27 | 7 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,200–2,200 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KFSD 111140Z 1112/1212 05006KT P6SM SCT080 TEMPO 1112/1114 1SM BR OVC003 FM111500 07006KT P6SM SCT110 FM112000 10005KT P6SM SCT250 FM120300 VRB04KT P6SM BKN090
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 43.58202, -96.74193
- Elevation
- 1,430 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1127Z / 0136Z
- Tower hours
- 0500-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 5° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Omaha
- County
- Minnehaha, SD
Airport diagram
Everything else KFSD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 9,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 15/33 | 8,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 09/27 | 3,151 | 75 | CONC | MED |
| H1 | 50 | 50 | ASPH | PERI |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 126.6
- Tower 0500-0000
- 118.3
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 118.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 125.8
- Approach
- 126.9
Published procedures
- 14 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR, VOR/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFSD airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.