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KFSD — Joe Foss Fld
Sioux Falls, SD · field elevation 1,430 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KFSD current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFSD 101756Z 20007KT 10SM OVC250 13/03 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01330033 10133 21006 58013
- Wind
- from 200° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 25,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 13 °C / dewpoint 3 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,354 ft · pressure altitude 1,260 ft
- Observed
- 34 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 200° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 7 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 15 | 5 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 27 | 1 kt head | 7 kt from the left |
| 09 | 1 kt tail | 7 kt from the right |
| 33 | 5 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 03 | 7 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KFSD 101725Z 1018/1118 19006KT P6SM BKN250 FM102300 16006KT P6SM BKN250 FM110600 30005KT P6SM SCT250 FM110900 32010G17KT P6SM SCT150 FM111500 34010G16KT P6SM SCT060
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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
- 1315Z / 2307Z
- Tower hours
- 0500-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 5°E (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
- 12 approaches — ILS, LOC, 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
- Other South Dakota airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
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.