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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) is a small general aviation airport located in Pipestone, MN, 37 mi north east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,302 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 151635Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC005 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008 T02290229

Runway intelligence

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

27
33% of ops
27 land · 2 TO
36
28% of ops
23 land · 2 TO
09
26% of ops
21 land · 2 TO
18
13% of ops
11 land · 28 TO
Runway 27 carries 33% of operations (27 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

27 27 landings
UA 0%
36 23 landings
UA 13%
09 21 landings
UA 0%
18 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 27 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
2.5
flights/day · 76 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (3.8 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 63 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.375
OTHER 121.725
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 132.050
SIOUX FA 132.050
OTHER 317.400
SIOUX FA 317.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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