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KMDS · XMD

Madison Municipal Airport

44.01600°N
-97.08590°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 25.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 77.8%

Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS/XMD) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, SD, 37 mi north west of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
9 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMDS 272135Z AUTO 11009G14KT 10SM FEW027 FEW032 SCT039 23/19 A3008 RMK AO2 TSNO

Runway intelligence

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

15
38% of ops
12 land · 8 TO
33
22% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
21
22% of ops
7 land · 3 TO
03
19% of ops
6 land · 1 TO
Runway 15 carries 38% of operations (12 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

15 12 landings
UA 8%
33 7 landings
UA 0%
21 7 landings
UA 0%
03 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 15 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 12 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
2.8
flights/day · 83 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 5pm · 11pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.6 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 79 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.350 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
SIOUX FA 132.050 —
OTHER 132.050 —
SIOUX FA 317.400 —
OTHER 317.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
5/20/2021
Nice place to go
I am here for a few days to finish up my private certificate. Will probably consider coming back to get commercial and IFR.
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