# Parkston Municipal Airport (8V3)

**Parkston Municipal Airport** (FAA: 8V3) is a small airport in Parkston, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Jun 1951. It has one runway, 3,600 ft (1,097 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8v3

## At a glance

- FAA: 8V3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Parkston, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Jun 1951
- Elevation: 1,418 ft / 432 m
- Coordinates: 43.3776, -97.9898
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 ft / 1,097 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.cityofparkston.org/index.asp?SEC=EA909891-325F-406E-B8C4-BBEBF48A7879&Type=B_BASIC
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49749219
- Weather station: KAGZ
- Ident: K8V3

## Timeline

- Jun 1951: Parkston Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | =12,198 of 29,858 | =4,764 in North America | =3,992 in US |
| Elevation | 1,418 ft / 432 m | =12,721 of 43,403 | =5,493 in North America | =4,204 in US |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =2,596 in North America | =2,536 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

- [1SD1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1sd1.md) Burke Field · 20 mi / 32 km
- [D65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/d65.md) Corsica Municipal Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [SD77](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0812.md) Mettler Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [2SD4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2sd4.md) Nicolaisen Airport · 25 mi / 41 km
- [SD61](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd61.md) Plihal Farms Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [KAGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kagz.md) Wagner Municipal Airport · 27 mi / 43 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/k8v3/data