6E5 Wilder Airport
Desmet, SD · 2 miles N of DESMET, SD
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1730.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 44-25-58.9710N 097-33-29.3760W
- Lat / Long
- 44.4330475, -97.55816
- Mag. variation
- 03E (2025)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 10/1974
- ARTCC
- MINNEAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- HURON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- HON (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- UNATNDD
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 16 & 34; MIRL RWY 16/34 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from 6E5
Runways
Longest 3,700 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3700 x 60 ft. / 1128 x 18 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 12.5
Runway 16
- Heading
- 157 magnetic, 160 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1728.5 ft.
Runway 34
- Heading
- 337 magnetic, 340 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1730.1 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf
- 122.9
- Wx Awos-3p
- 118.150 (605-860-2233)
Services
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- CITY OF DESMET PO BOX 70 DESMET, SD 57231 Phone 605-854-3731
- Manager
- CASEY HARTY PO BOX 70 DESMET, SD 57231 Phone 605-860-0248
- Manager phone
- 605-860-0248
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.