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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 Live
IFR ceiling 500–1,000 ft or visibility 1–3 statute miles
SPECI KFSD 252352Z 13009KT 1 1/2SM -DZ BR OVC005 16/15 A3012 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 2 DZE09B51 P0000
- Wind
- from 130° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 500 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,638 ft · pressure altitude 1,230 ft
- Observed
- 7 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 130° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 8 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 09 | 8 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 21 | 1 kt head | 9 kt from the left |
| 03 | 1 kt tail | 9 kt from the right |
| 27 | 8 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 33 | 8 kt tail | 4 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
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours.
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 252320Z 2600/2624 12011KT 2SM -DZ BR OVC006 FM260200 12011G17KT 4SM -SHRADZ BR OVC006 FM260700 13011G18KT 4SM -RA BR OVC005 TEMPO 2607/2611 2SM RA BR OVC004 FM261300 15012G20KT 4SM -DZ BR OVC005 FM261700 15012G21KT P6SM OVC007
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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
- 1218Z / 0019Z
- 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.