# Bison Municipal Airport (6V5)

**Bison Municipal Airport** (FAA: 6V5) is a small airport in Bison, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Jun 1948. It has one runway, 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k6v5

## At a glance

- FAA: 6V5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bison, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Jun 1948
- Elevation: 2,791 ft / 851 m
- Coordinates: 45.5183, -102.4679
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745167
- Ident: K6V5

## Timeline

- Jun 1948: Bison Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 2,791 ft / 851 m | #6,025 of 43,403 | #2,939 in North America | #2,266 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 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-8309](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8309.md) Nelson Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [SD48](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd48.md) Blomberg 42 Ranch Private Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [SD41](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd41.md) Shambo Ranch Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [LEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klem.md) Lemmon Municipal Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [KHEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khei.md) Hettinger Municipal Airport · 35 mi / 57 km
- [1SD0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1sd0.md) Dorsey Ranch Airport · 38 mi / 61 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))
- [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/k6v5/data