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KMHE · MHE

Mitchell Municipal Airport

43.77480°N
-98.03860°W
ARR / DAY
0
66.7%
DEP / DAY
0
66.7%

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 6,700 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

51m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMHE 180153Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM -RA FEW080 SCT100 24/20 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N RAB44 SLP143 P0000 T02440200

Runway intelligence

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

17
32% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
12
26% of ops
8 land · 3 TO
35
16% of ops
5 land · 2 TO
31
10% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
30
6% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
36
3% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 17 carries 32% of operations (10 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

17 10 landings
UA 20%
12 8 landings
UA 0%
35 5 landings
UA 0%
31 3 landings
UA 0%
30 2 landings
UA 0%
36 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 10 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)
2pm
also 11am · 3pm
Day vs night
93%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.2 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 28 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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