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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 75.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 50.0%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
6 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPQN 250455Z AUTO 01006KT 8SM -RA FEW049 OVC090 08/08 A3035 RMK AO2 P0009 T00760076

Runway intelligence

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

36
54% of ops
19 land · 2 TO
09
20% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
18
17% of ops
6 land · 14 TO
27
9% of ops
3 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 54% of operations (19 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

36 19 landings
UA 5%
09 7 landings
UA 14%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
27 3 landings
UA 33%
Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 19 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 · 61 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 10pm · 6pm
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–11pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.6 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 58 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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