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K4X4 ·

Wessington Springs Airport

44.06100°N

-98.53090°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Wessington Springs Airport (K4X4) is a small general aviation airport located in Wessington Springs, SD, 97 mi west of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 3,600 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KHON, 27 mi away (K4X4 does not publish METAR)

49m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

8 kts

30°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KHON 271455Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02720172 51018

Runways

1 installed

3,600 FT MAX

12/30

3,600 ft × 60

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

100% of ops

55 land · 0 TO

Runway 12 carries 100% of operations (55 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days.

Approach quality

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

12 55 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 12 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 55 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

1.3

flights/day · 38 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 8pm

Day vs night

61%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–8pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.0 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 34 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—
HURON RC	126.250	—
OTHER	126.250	—
HURON RC	339.800	—
OTHER	339.800	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Mag var:: 4° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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