# Faulkton Municipal Airport (3FU)

**Faulkton Municipal Airport** (FAA: 3FU) is a small airport in Faulkton, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Oct 1953. It has one runway, 3,249 ft (990 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3fu

## At a glance

- FAA: 3FU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Faulkton, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Oct 1953
- Elevation: 1,571 ft / 479 m
- Coordinates: 45.0303, -99.1126
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,249 ft / 990 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746192
- Weather station: K1D8
- Ident: K3FU

## Timeline

- Oct 1953: Faulkton Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,249 ft / 990 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,249 ft / 990 m | #14,679 of 29,858 | #5,764 in North America | #4,836 in US |
| Elevation | 1,571 ft / 479 m | =11,501 of 43,403 | =4,990 in North America | =3,787 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [US-8744](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8744.md) Mike Harmon Aviation Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [18SD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/18sd.md) Lost Creek Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [SD93](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd93.md) Gary Myers Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [2SD3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8317.md) Strouckel Farm Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [2SD9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2sd9.md) TC Field · 30 mi / 48 km
- [1D8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1d8.md) Redfield Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 50 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/k3fu/data