📍 Desmet⬆ 1,729 ft1 runways
K6E5 ·
Wilder Airport
44.43080°N
-97.56120°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲
133.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
71.4%
Wilder Airport (K6E5) is a small general aviation airport located in Desmet, SD, 74 mi north west of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 3,700 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
90°F
Wind
11 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
15/33
3,700 ft × 60
ASP● LIT
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
33
52% of ops
17 land · 1 TO
15
48% of ops
16 land · 9 TO
Runway 33 carries 52% of operations (17 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 48%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
33
17 landings
UA 0%
15
16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 17 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
1.8
flights/day · 55 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 10pm · 1pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.900 | — |
| AWOS | 118.150 | — |
| HURON RC | 126.250 | — |
| OTHER | 126.250 | — |
| HURON RC | 339.800 | — |
| OTHER | 339.800 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Mag var:
- 3° E
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