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Sheldon Regional Airport

43.20840°N
-95.83340°W
ARR / DAY
2
20.0%
DEP / DAY
2
88.9%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
METAR KSHL 170435Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC008 18/18 A3019 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
65% of ops
40 land · 15 TO
15
35% of ops
22 land · 27 TO
Runway 33 carries 65% of operations (40 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

33 40 landings
UA 12%
15 22 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 33 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 40 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
3.6
flights/day · 108 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.2 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 100 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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