# Howard Municipal Airport (8D9)

**Howard Municipal Airport** (FAA: 8D9) is a small airport in Howard, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Sep 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,656 ft (810 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8d9

## At a glance

- FAA: 8D9
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Howard, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Sep 1947
- Elevation: 1,586 ft / 483 m
- Coordinates: 44.0291, -97.5378
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,656 ft / 810 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61724731
- Weather station: KMDS
- Ident: 8D9

## Timeline

- Sep 1947: Howard Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,656 ft / 810 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |
| 18/36 | 1,952 ft / 595 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,656 ft / 810 m | #18,636 of 29,858 | #8,082 in North America | #6,882 in US |
| Elevation | 1,586 ft / 483 m | =11,368 of 43,403 | =4,946 in North America | =3,755 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [SD03](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd03.md) Calico Field · 10 mi / 16 km
- [SD83](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd83.md) Lee Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [XMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmds.md) Madison Municipal Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [6E5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k6e5.md) Wilder Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [SD43](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd43.md) Ingle Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [SD01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd01.md) MJ Aviation Airport I · 30 mi / 48 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8d9/data