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Pipestone Municipal Airport

43.98330°N
-96.30030°W
ARR / DAY
1
42.9%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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

1d ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
9 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPQN 290235Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM SCT120 OVC140 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02280220

Runway intelligence

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

36
44% of ops
14 land · 4 TO
27
22% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
18
19% of ops
6 land · 13 TO
09
16% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 44% of operations (14 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

36 14 landings
UA 0%
27 7 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
09 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 14 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
1.8
flights/day · 53 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.1 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 52 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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