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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
1
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
75.0%

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

5m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
4 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 250155Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3003 RMK AO2 T01910191

Runway intelligence

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

27
31% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
36
31% of ops
10 land · 3 TO
18
19% of ops
6 land · 12 TO
09
19% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
Runway 27 carries 31% of operations (10 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

27 10 landings
UA 0%
36 10 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
09 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
1.9
flights/day · 57 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.4 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 53 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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