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Cherokee County Regional Airport

42.73170°N
-95.55590°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Cherokee County Regional Airport (KCKP) is a small general aviation airport located in Cherokee, IA, 82 mi south east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,000 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCKP 150935Z AUTO 13004KT 7SM BR OVC007 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

36
28% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
18
28% of ops
11 land · 2 TO
01
25% of ops
10 land · 3 TO
19
20% of ops
8 land · 2 TO
Runway 36 carries 28% of operations (11 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

36 11 landings
UA 0%
18 11 landings
UA 18%
01 10 landings
UA 0%
19 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 11 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
2.2
flights/day · 66 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.5 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 62 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.225
SIOUX CI 125.025
OTHER 125.025
SIOUX CI 235.625
OTHER 235.625
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,227 ft
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
12/4/2012
NDB CKP 423 Decommissioned
CKP Pilot Rock 423 kHz was decommissioned April 2010.
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