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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 4,306 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 270535Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 25/25 A2981 RMK AO2 T02490249

Runway intelligence

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

36
43% of ops
37 land · 0 TO
27
23% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
09
21% of ops
18 land · 1 TO
18
13% of ops
11 land · 16 TO
Runway 36 carries 43% of operations (37 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

36 37 landings
UA 11%
27 20 landings
UA 20%
09 18 landings
UA 22%
18 11 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
1.6
flights/day · 48 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.6× weekday (3.0 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 48 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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