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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
14.3%

Pipestone Municipal Airport (KPQN) is a small general aviation airport located in Pipestone, MN, 37 mi north east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,306 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 312355Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2994 RMK AO2 T02810177 10311 20279 56004

Runway intelligence

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

36
52% of ops
16 land · 3 TO
27
23% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
18
13% of ops
4 land · 13 TO
09
13% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 52% of operations (16 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

36 16 landings
UA 0%
27 7 landings
UA 0%
18 4 landings
UA 0%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 16 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
1.7
flights/day · 51 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.0 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 50 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.375
OTHER 121.725
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 132.050
SIOUX FA 132.050
OTHER 317.400
SIOUX FA 317.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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