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Joe Foss Field Airport

43.58200°N
-96.74190°W
ARR / DAY
76
▲ 0.4%
DEP / DAY
94
▲ 0.0%
ON-TIME
78.8% Top 25%
arr · avg 10 min
dep · 100% · avg -10 min cal
AVG DELAY
10 min
7d window

Joe Foss Field Airport (KFSD/FSD) is a medium international airport located in Sioux Falls, SD. It features 3 runways with the longest being 8,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 76 arrivals and 94 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 40 carriers across 55 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights. The most active carrier is SKY West Aviation (SKW). The busiest route is to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). On-time performance averages 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 277 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 4 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
8 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KFSD 140956Z 07008KT 10SM FEW038 20/18 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02000183

Runways

3 installed

8,999 FT MAX
03/21
8,999 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
09/27
3,152 ft × 75
CON● LITMED
15/33
8,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
18m 5a 13m 6a 7m 7a 6m 8a 5m 9a 5m 10a 10m 11a 12m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

37 total
TOP 9 435
SKY West Aviation 38% Midwest Aviation Division 10% American Airlines 9% NON 8% Gojet Airlines 8% Allegiant AIR 7% Alpine Aviation 6% Federal Express 6% Delta AIR Lines 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 66
MSP 53
DEN 52
DFW 34
RAP 32
PHX 20

Carriers

See all + destinations → 37
SKY West Aviation
164
Midwest Aviation Division
45
American Airlines
41
NON
36
Gojet Airlines
34
Allegiant AIR
32
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Alpine Aviation
28
Federal Express
28
Delta AIR Lines
27
United Airlines
24
United Parcel Service
23
Envoy AIR
20
Pro-Aire Cargo and Consulting
18
Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake
12
CSA AIR
10
Trifly
9
Capital City AIR Carriers
8
Frontier Airlines
7
ATP Flight School
7
Netjets Aviation
6
Department of the Army
5
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
5
Corporate Flight Management (Smyrna
5
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4
Executive Flight Services
4
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks
4
North Star Aviation
3
Endeavor AIR
3
United States Department of Transportation
2
United States Department of Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Service (Jpats) (el Paso
2
Silverhawk Aviation
2
China Flying Dragon Aviation
2
Flygta
2
LGM Enterprises
1
Foreflight
1
Suwaiket Aviation
1
AIR Charity Network (Virginia Beach
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.300 —
TWR 118.300 0500-0000
TWR 257.800 0500-0000
GND 121.900 0500-0000
GND 348.600 0500-0000
ATIS 126.600 0500-0000
APCH 125.800 0500-0000
APCH 126.900 0500-0000
APCH 284.725 0500-0000
APCH 353.600 0500-0000
UNICOM 122.950 —
OTHER 36.850 0500-0000
COMD POS 36.850 0500-0000
LCL/P 118.300 0500-0000
EMERG 121.500 0500-0000
OTHER 122.200 —
SIOUX FA 122.200 —
OTHER 132.050 —
SIOUX FA 132.050 —
OTHER 138.250 0500-0000
COMD POS 138.250 0500-0000
EMERG 243.000 0500-0000
OTHER 253.400 0500-0000
COMD POS 253.400 0500-0000
LCL/P 257.800 0500-0000
OTHER 317.400 —
SIOUX FA 317.400 —
OTHER 390.100 0500-0000
OPS 390.100 0500-0000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,430 ft
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KFSD · last 7d

43 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 7 PM · 1 movement every 277 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
FSDMSP
Minneapolis, US
 SKY West Aviation 41 0h 54m
FSDDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 38 1h 25m
FSDORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 30 1h 27m
FSDORD
Chicago, US
 Gojet Airlines 25 1h 28m
FSDDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 23 2h 3m
FSDPHX
Phoenix, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 2h 36m
FSDRAP
Rapid City, US
 Alpine Aviation 17 1h 14m
FSDMSP
Minneapolis, US
 Delta AIR Lines 12 0h 58m
FSDORD
Chicago, US
 United Airlines 11 1h 27m
FSDDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 Envoy AIR 11 2h 0m
FSDSDF
Louisville, US
 United Parcel Service 10 1h 39m
FSDDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 10 1h 40m
FSDATL
Atlanta, US
 Delta AIR Lines 9 2h 23m
FSDRAP
Rapid City, US
 Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake 9 1h 22m
FSDMEM
Memphis, US
 Federal Express 8 2h 3m
FSDYYC
Calgary, CA
 United Parcel Service 7 2h 20m
FSDKANE
Minneapolis, US
 Pro-Aire Cargo and Consulting 7 1h 6m
FSDABR
Aberdeen, US
 Alpine Aviation 7 0h 36m
FSDAZA
Phoenix, US
 Allegiant AIR 7 2h 40m
FSDPIR
Pierre, US
 CSA AIR 6 1h 8m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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eppcap
7/8/2012
FSD Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, SD USA
My "home" airport for flying commercial and CAP missions.
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