# Mitchell Municipal Airport (MHE / KMHE)

**Mitchell Municipal Airport** (IATA: MHE, ICAO: KMHE) is a small airport in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,701 ft (2,043 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MHE / KMHE
- FAA: MHE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mitchell, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 1,304 ft / 398 m
- Coordinates: 43.7748, -98.0386
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,701 ft / 2,043 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cityofmitchell.org/index.asp?SEC=0E5EB6F8-1E38-48AD-8D27-2CDD01C4E949&Type=B_BASIC
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565556
- Weather station: KMHE
- Ident: KMHE

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: Mitchell Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,701 ft / 2,043 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 18/36 | 5,513 ft / 1,680 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,701 ft / 2,043 m | =3,735 of 29,858 | =926 in North America | =706 in US |
| Elevation | 1,304 ft / 398 m | =13,819 of 43,403 | =5,961 in North America | =4,605 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 124.175 |
| RDO | HURON RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SD01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sd01.md) MJ Aviation Airport I · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [2SD4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2sd4.md) Nicolaisen Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [8V3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8v3.md) Parkston Municipal Airport · 28 mi / 44 km
- [D65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/d65.md) Corsica Municipal Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [8D9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8d9.md) Howard Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [4X4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k4x4.md) Wessington Springs Airport · 32 mi / 51 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/kmhe/data