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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
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 4,306 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
9 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 260355Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM BKN220 25/20 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 22027/0302 WSHFT 0247 RAE0324 TSE0253 P0000 T02510200

Runway intelligence

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

36
40% of ops
37 land · 0 TO
27
25% of ops
23 land · 0 TO
09
20% of ops
18 land · 1 TO
18
15% of ops
14 land · 19 TO
Runway 36 carries 40% of operations (37 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

36 37 landings
UA 11%
27 23 landings
UA 17%
09 18 landings
UA 22%
18 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 37 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
1.8
flights/day · 53 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.2× weekday (3.0 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 50 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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