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Sheldon Regional Airport

43.20840°N
-95.83340°W
ARR / DAY
1
10.0%
DEP / DAY
2
26.3%

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

23m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
9 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSHL 051815Z AUTO 12009KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2994 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
73% of ops
56 land · 12 TO
15
27% of ops
21 land · 31 TO
Runway 33 carries 73% of operations (56 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

33 56 landings
UA 7%
15 21 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 33 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 56 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
3.9
flights/day · 116 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.5 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 112 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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