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K3FU ·

Faulkton Municipal Airport

45.03190°N

-99.11570°W

ARR / DAY

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Faulkton Municipal Airport (K3FU) is a small general aviation airport located in Faulkton, SD, 157 mi north west of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 3,249 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From K0D8, 41 mi away (K3FU does not publish METAR)

52m ago

Temp

19°F

Wind

11 kts

90°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K0D8 041550Z AUTO 09011G18KT 10SM CLR M07/M11 A2993 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

3,249 FT MAX

13/31

3,249 ft × 60

ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

60% of ops

12 land · 4 TO

40% of ops

8 land · 11 TO

Runway 31 carries 60% of operations (12 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

31 12 landings

UA 0%

13 8 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 12 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

1.4

flights/day · 41 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 12am · 3pm

Day vs night

56%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.5 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 41 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Elevation:: 1,571 ft
Mag var:: 8° E

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