Mission Sioux Airport Explained

Mission Sioux Airport
Faa:0V6
Type:Public
Owner:Rosebud Sioux Tribe
City-Served:Mission, South Dakota
Elevation-F:2,605
Coordinates:43.3069°N -100.6281°W
Pushpin Map:USA South Dakota
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in South Dakota
Pushpin Label:0V6
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:11/29
R1-Length-F:3,200
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:700
Footnotes:Sources: FAA,[1] South Dakota DOT[2]

Mission Sioux Airport was a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Mission, a city in Todd County, South Dakota, United States. The airport is owned by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

On current aviation charts, the airport is depicted as closed, with the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Airport having replaced it in late 2010. The airport is no longer listed in the Airport/Facility Directory and the runway pavement is badly deteriorated.

Facilities and aircraft

Mission Sioux Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 2,605 feet (794 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,200 by 60 feet (975 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 23, 2009, the airport had 700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 58 per month.

References

  1. Web site: 0V6 - Mission Sioux Airport - FAA information effective September 23, 2010 . FAA data republished by AirNav . https://web.archive.org/web/20101027122336/http://www.airnav.com/airport/0V6 . October 27, 2010.
  2. Web site: Mission Sioux Airport (0V6) . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104171142/http://www.sddot.com/fpa/Aeronautics/docs/mission.pdf . January 4, 2010.

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