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Faulkton Municipal Airport

45.03190°N
-99.11570°W
ARR / DAY
4
190.0%
DEP / DAY
6
250.0%

Faulkton Municipal Airport (K3FU) is a small general aviation airport located in Faulkton, SD, 157 mi north west of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 3,249 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,249 FT MAX
13/31
3,249 ft × 60
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

31
51% of ops
23 land · 8 TO
13
49% of ops
22 land · 30 TO
Runway 31 carries 51% of operations (23 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 49%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

31 23 landings
UA 17%
13 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 23 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
2.3
flights/day · 69 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.2 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (43% of 69 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,571 ft
Mag var:
8° E
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