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KMDS · XMD

Madison Municipal Airport

44.01600°N
-97.08590°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 35.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 35.0%

Madison Municipal Airport (KMDS/XMD) is a small general aviation airport located in Madison, SD, 37 mi north west of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
6 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMDS 052355Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A3002 RMK AO2 TSNO

Runways

2 installed

5,000 FT MAX
03/21
2,380 ft × 200
GRS○ unlit
15/33
5,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

33
43% of ops
29 land · 4 TO
15
29% of ops
20 land · 13 TO
03
15% of ops
10 land · 3 TO
21
13% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
Runway 33 carries 43% of operations (29 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

33 29 landings
UA 3%
15 20 landings
UA 20%
03 10 landings
UA 10%
21 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 33 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 29 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
4.2
flights/day · 127 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 1pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.6 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

22 · 19%
13 · 12%
11 · 10%
9 · 8%
8 · 7%
7 · 6%
Activity is led by (19% of 113 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.350 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
OTHER 132.050 —
SIOUX FA 132.050 —
OTHER 317.400 —
SIOUX FA 317.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
AlanM70
05/20/2021
Nice place to go
I am here for a few days to finish up my private certificate. Will probably consider coming back to get commercial and IFR.
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