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Sheldon Regional Airport

43.20840°N
-95.83340°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 56.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 45.0%

Sheldon Regional Airport (KSHL) is a small general aviation airport located in Sheldon, IA, 51 mi south east of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 4,199 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
4 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSHL 200935Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 06/06 A3025 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

4,199 FT MAX
15/33
4,199 ft × 75
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

33
61% of ops
30 land · 4 TO
15
39% of ops
19 land · 17 TO
Runway 33 carries 61% of operations (30 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

33 30 landings
UA 3%
15 19 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 33 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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
3.8
flights/day · 115 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 9pm · 2pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.8 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 110 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 119.775 —
SPENCER 122.500 —
OTHER 122.500 —
SIOUX CI 125.025 —
OTHER 125.025 —
SIOUX CI 235.625 —
OTHER 235.625 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL
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