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KMHE · MHE

Mitchell Municipal Airport

43.77480°N
-98.03860°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE/MHE) is a small general aviation airport located in Mitchell, SD, 68 mi west of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,701 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
3 kts
340°
Visib
Ceil
SPECI KMHE 271128Z AUTO 34003KT 1 1/4SM BR FEW002 24/24 A2979 RMK AO2 T02440244 $

Runway intelligence

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

30
40% of ops
18 land · 12 TO
17
33% of ops
15 land · 4 TO
12
13% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
35
9% of ops
4 land · 3 TO
36
4% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 30 carries 40% of operations (18 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

30 18 landings
UA 0%
17 15 landings
UA 0%
12 6 landings
UA 0%
35 4 landings
UA 0%
36 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 18 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
0.9
flights/day · 27 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1am · 11am
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–3pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (0.9 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 26 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 124.175
MITCHELL 122.300
OTHER 122.300
HURON RC 126.250
OTHER 126.250
HURON RC 339.800
OTHER 339.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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