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KMHE · MHE

Mitchell Municipal Airport

43.77480°N
-98.03860°W
ARR / DAY
1
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE/MHE) is a small general aviation airport located in Mitchell, SD, 68 mi west of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,701 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
13 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMHE 122353Z AUTO 15013G22KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP185 T03330183 10356 20328 56003

Runway intelligence

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

30
51% of ops
21 land · 10 TO
12
29% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
17
20% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
35
0% of ops
0 land · 6 TO
Runway 30 carries 51% of operations (21 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

30 21 landings
UA 0%
12 12 landings
UA 0%
17 8 landings
UA 0%
35 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
1.0
flights/day · 30 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (0.8 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 29 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 124.175
MITCHELL 122.300
OTHER 122.300
HURON RC 126.250
OTHER 126.250
HURON RC 339.800
OTHER 339.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL
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