# Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN / KYKN)

**Chan Gurney Municipal Airport** (IATA: YKN, ICAO: KYKN) is a medium airport in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Dec 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,094 ft (1,858 m). It is operated by Yankton.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YKN / KYKN
- FAA: YKN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Yankton
- Serves: Yankton, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1937
- Elevation: 1,306 ft / 398 m
- Coordinates: 42.9167, -97.3859
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,094 ft / 1,858 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cityofyankton.org/publicworks/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gurney_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1835609
- Weather station: KYKN
- Ident: KYKN

## Timeline

- Dec 1937: Chan Gurney Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,094 ft / 1,858 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 140° / 320° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,380 ft / 1,030 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,094 ft / 1,858 m | =4,427 of 29,858 | =1,195 in North America | =931 in US |
| Elevation | 1,306 ft / 398 m | #13,806 of 43,403 | #5,953 in North America | #4,598 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 111.400 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 124.100 |
| RDO | HURON RDO | 111.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## 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/kykn/data