# Erickson Intergalactic Airport (SD73)

**Erickson Intergalactic Airport** (FAA: SD73) is a small airport in Valley Springs, South Dakota, United States. It opened in Jun 2017. It has one runway, 1,740 ft (530 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0657

## At a glance

- FAA: SD73
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Valley Springs, South Dakota, United States
- Opened: Jun 2017
- Elevation: 1,440 ft / 439 m
- Coordinates: 43.5849, -96.5176
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,740 ft / 530 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61724789
- Weather station: KFSD · WMO 72651
- Ident: US-0657

## Timeline

- Jun 2017: Erickson Intergalactic Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,740 ft / 530 m | 115 ft / 35 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,740 ft / 530 m | =26,705 of 29,858 | =13,377 in North America | =11,869 in US |
| Elevation | 1,440 ft / 439 m | =12,531 of 43,403 | =5,400 in North America | =4,126 in US |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | =10,785 in North America | =10,647 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/us-0657/data