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Cherokee County Regional Airport

42.73170°N
-95.55590°W
ARR / DAY
0
83.3%
DEP / DAY
0
85.7%

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 4,001 feet.

Current weather

From KSUX, 48 mi away (KCKP does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSUX 260452Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02610206

Runway intelligence

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

18
65% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
19
23% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
01
13% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
36
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 18 carries 65% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

18 20 landings
UA 0%
19 7 landings
UA 0%
01 4 landings
UA 0%
36 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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 · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 10pm · 1am
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–1pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.6 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 39 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
12/04/2012
NDB CKP 423 Decommissioned
CKP Pilot Rock 423 kHz was decommissioned April 2010.
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