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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
1
58.3%
DEP / DAY
1
41.7%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 312355Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2994 RMK AO2 T02810177 10311 20279 56004

Runway intelligence

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

36
49% of ops
27 land · 8 TO
27
18% of ops
10 land · 2 TO
18
18% of ops
10 land · 21 TO
09
15% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 49% of operations (27 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

36 27 landings
UA 0%
27 10 landings
UA 0%
18 10 landings
UA 0%
09 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.5 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 56 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:31 UTC